290 bills passed by the House and not the Senate

290 bills passed by the House and not the Senate

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Standard memberwhodey

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Here is a list of bills passed by the Congressional House and yet to be acted on by the US Senate.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/83057-290-bills

So is Washington broken or is it a good thing that so much beaucracy is being thwarted.....at least for the moment?

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Originally posted by whodey
Here is a list of bills passed by the Congressional House and yet to be acted on by the US Senate.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/83057-290-bills

So is Washington broken or is it a good thing that so much beaucracy is being thwarted.....at least for the moment?
Broken by partisan politics, specifically the Republicans sabotaging anything and everything with filibusters.

Note: Many of those same bills being held up had ample Republican support in the House.

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Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper
Broken by partisan politics, specifically the Republicans sabotaging anything and everything with filibusters.

Note: Many of those same bills being held up had ample Republican support in the House.
It would be interesting to go through each bill and calculate how much money is being saved by inaction. Are you game?