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There has been a huge shift in the way Congress works in the past 4-8 years, maybe longer.
In the past, someone would be elected to Congress and they would represent their people. They would pass laws that were for the general good, and when they didn't meet eye to eye with their other peers in Congress they tried to work things out. When that failed, they voted, and some people lost and some people won.
These days it's no longer about representing their people - it's about beating the other side. The healthcare issue is the perfect example. We can all agree that we need a large number of changes to our healthcare system. Obamacare started off as a Republican bill in 2007 but died in committee, was improved upon and became a Democratic bill... It was argued and debate in Congress, and became law. Since then, the Republican party has done everything they can do to kill this healthcare act to the point where it went up to the Supreme Court. We all agree that healthcare is a pressing issue, but instead they are acting like children about this.
And healthcare isn't the only important issue. We need to stop our debt, which is out of control.
Congress currently has a 10% approval rating. It just doesn't get any worse than this.
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