Republicans were responsible for the lack of progress since 2008, and will be for the next two years

First of all progress is completely subjective, many would consider progress a movement to a smaller government that adheres to the constitution progress. A lot of people think Government is best which governs least. If it were undisputed that the Government knew all and knows how to fix and run a complicated economy, there wouldn't be an issue. It's too bad theres a growing number of individuals that think the free market is better creating progress. Progress for the betterment of the country would be abolishing the fed, massive reduction of government, balancing the budget, taking restrictions off small business and moving away from Keynesian economics. "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein I'd vote for the touch of genius That all being said. -The bill that wanted to stop tax breaks for business' going overseas...It's opposed by some in the democratic party, including " the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. He has expressed concern that the change would put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage. "(http://www.cbsnews.com...) republicans to fault for this is stalled? nope, Obama can't even convince his democratic Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee that it's a helpful bill. -Small Jobs and Business Act has been passed. (http://www.whitehouse.gov...) -The bill that "gave benefits to homeless war veterans" that's a bit misleading, the bill "expands" benefits for homeless vets, and the republicans simply wanted a provision to pay for the bill, thus not increasing the massive debt. -9/11 Health & Compensation Act, not sure where you see it's being blocked by the republicans, all I can find is that it passed the house with a 268 majority, now its jumping through the hoop that is the senate. (http://www.opencongress.org...) -The Jobs bill-passed...with 11 republicans (http://www.nytimes.com...) -eventually forced through? i'd say that was passed "It should be clear that they would either have helped us recover from the economic recession, would have been important to our national defense, or would have made important changes to government and private systems that are clearly broken" Why is it assumed the democrats know whats best for the economy? Many would say the bailing out of failure is hurting progress of the country. The excessive spending is not helping progress. The growth the country was going through was unsustainable and the current recession is us paying for it. None of the bills were defense spending. -Misleading, The bill you refer to was co-authored by John Mccain and supported by only 23 republican senators. The bill went nowhere. Currently the dems are merely using the blueprint of that bill in their own bill. Its not the same bill republicans proposed in 2006. -When have the republicans voted against the START treaty? From what I've found it hasn't gone to a vote yet. -I can't find anything about this point -If I don't agree with someones view of whats best for the country, I wouldn't want him running the country either. "liable for the depth of damage done by this recession and the general lack of anything that can be called progress." Government intervention, corporatism and the Federal Reserve are responsible for the damage done by the recession, by inhibiting the free markets ability to regulate economic growth. Massive spending and relief policies simply put off the inevitable and encourage a lack of fiscal responsibility.