about passing legislation. democrat-controlled senate deliberately chosen inaction. why? because over the past two years, democratic senate has seen itself as an extension of the president re-election campaign. rather than a forum forking the nation s problems. senate democrats say when they do get a bill passed it is held up in the g.o.p.-controlled house. it takes two chambers to pass aa low on the other side, too many congress members think compromise is a dirty word. which side is compromising more one capital hill watcher says. it depends on what wins the white house and controls congress in november. that may break is congressional stalemate. they can t get a deal until speak have spoken. whatever the votes say. that is the key thing.
without displaying the exact behavior so many people are finding upsetting. molly henneberg show us from capitol hill. before they recess in a couple of days until after the election, come parting shots from senate leaders. first, from the top senate republican. we have got multiple crisis level issues to deal with. yet our democratic friends don t want to do a thing. then the top senate democrat. we know what the senate republicans have done here. filibustering on everything. the to-do is long. they need to tack the $16 trillion deficit. federal budget. looming sequestration. that is massive cuts to domestic and defense programs if congress can t get the spending under control. aspiring bush tax cut. the farm bill. and the transportation bill just to name a few. senate republicans charge that democrats are not serious
they sid we re paralyzed until we have the election to see who the winer is. maybe later than that. he says that congress may pass short-term fixes to get us to next year. senator reed said he does not favor that approach. but let president obama or president romney and the new congress figure it out. bret? bret: thank you. head of the united nations advocates breaking u.n. policy. president obama puts his own stamp on the flag. grapevine is next. [ male announcer ] introducing a stunning work of technology. rely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection.
the congressional research service said after the rule was suspended it surged from 1.9 million to 3.9 million. that s what house republicans are trying to avoid on a largeer scale. about an hour ago we received the results of a rare vote in congress, formal motion to disapprove the recent moves by the obama administration to offer more waivers. this time, in the welfare program. chief washington correspondent jim angle has the latest. reporter: after impassioned debate house voted to disapprove actions by health and human services sewn as waiverring the welfare work requirement. the g.o.p. went in tooted s vote armed with two reports in the government accountability office. when previous h.h.s . secretaries were asked about the possibility of waiving work requirements, h.h.s . responded that, and i quote, the department does not have authority toway any of the provisions. in addition to saying h.h.s. lacks the legal
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