Libertarian Leanings

Health Care Reform's Growing Opposition

This morning FOX News reports the results of its most recent poll.

Fox News Poll: 54 Percent Prefer Congress Do Nothing on Health Care

Thursday, December 10, 2009
Dana Blanton

Congress is working nights and weekends to pass legislation that Americans don't like, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.

A majority — 57 percent — oppose the health care reform legislation being considered right now. About a third of Americans — 34 percent — favor the reforms.

The poll results show the highest level of opposition to the health care bill to date.

Congress and the fruits of their labor

Wondering why we pay 'em the big bucks?

Barring a burst of legislative activity after Labor Day, this group of 535 men and women will have accomplished a rare feat. In two decades of record keeping, no sitting Congress has passed fewer public laws at this point in the session -- 294 so far -- than this one. That's not to say they've been idle. On the flip side, no Congress in the same 20 years has been so prolific when it comes to proposing resolutions -- more than 1,900, according to a tally by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense.

With the mostly symbolic measures, Congress has saluted such milestones as the Idaho Potato Commission's 70th anniversary and recognized soil as an "essential natural resource." As legislation on gasoline prices, tax fixes and predatory lending languish, Congress has designated May 5-9 as National Substitute Teacher Recognition Week, and set July 28 as the Day of the American Cowboy.

Brings to mind that phrase "All hat, no cattle," doesn't it?