Even during the Bush Administration, the Democratic controlled Congress had lower approval rating than the former President Bush. Now after President Obama has campaigned for series of promise during the General Election, the Congress expects busy summer this year to improve American people's life.
The upcoming challenges are health care reform, immigration policy, the two wars, Sotomayor's nomination, and the financial crisis.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/us/politics/01cong.html?hpw
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Comment By Taka Laka:
Before I start my commenting, I would like to tell you guys that I've cut my news summary short because I figured that you guy don't want read the summary when there is actual source.
Anyway, I think the House Democrats will succeed in passing many bills over this summer. Strategically, the Democrats only have convince their follow colleague to pass any bills, and the House Democratic Senates only have too convince one or two Republicans to pass the bills.
However, just because they passed the bill doesn't mean President Obama's promises to the fellow Americans are fulfilled. The point is, no one knows if the Democrat's plan to improve American life would actually succeed. Despite whether they fail or not, President Obama will most likely maintain his popularity among Americans, especially the Democrats.
Here are some of my views on issues.
Sotomayor: I was very skeptical about her personality, but I will trust my instinct that she will not judge in the court based on her own personal belief, ethnicity, and religious background.
Previous posts on Sotomayor:
Obama Nominates Sotomayor As Supreme Court's Justice
Sotomayor Expects Opposition
Abortion Right Activists Finds Sotomayor Suspicious
Republicans Attack Sotomayor on Race
Healthcare Reform: I am in middle ground for this proposal. The proposal will raise Americans standard of living, and so on. But it has it's own downside. Anyway, I would have totally went for the Universal Healthcare back in the year 2000 when our economy was a lot stronger. But this shouldn't be the main issue when the global economy is falling apart. Yes, it is terrible that we can't help everyone in healthcare, but when economy is down, everyone has to make their own sacrifice.
Immigration Policy: There is definitely some unfairness in my opinion, but I believe these millions of illegal immigrants should receive the U.S. citizenship. For it's exchange, the government should tighten the border security to lower the rate of illegal immigrations. By giving the illegal immigrants their legal status as the U.S. citizens, the states that articulating with Mexican border will benefits because these people have to pay taxes in order to stay in America. After all, many tax payers are getting ripped off because they are paying for school fees for these immigrants who are not paying their taxes. But, if the government gives out the citizenship, the government will most likely have to deal with welfare reform since many of these illegal immigrants will most likely qualify for welfare. Which is not good for our economy.
The Two Wars: I opposed the U.S. invasion to Iraq, but I am in middle ground for Afghan War. The Arts of War, written by Sun Tzu specifically states that long war should be avoided because it will most likely strain it's own economy. Irony into this statement is that the U.S. economy is heavily based on wars since the World War II. So U.S. is constantly strengthening and weakening it's own economy. Either way, U.S. needs to work on gaining the international support that Bush Administration has ignored. Otherwise, we will be in this war for a long time.
Related Post to the Wars:
Alliance Formed In Middle East
North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
Financial Crisis: There are too many elements in this issue to cover in this post. So I will most likely write a post, specifically for financial crisis.
Related Post to Financial Crisis:
Schwarzenegger Cuts Billions of Dollars in Spending
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