Democrats Starting to Compile Wish Lists

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Even though election day is more than 5 weeks away, some Democrats are starting to compile wish lists for Obama's second term. They apparently didn't get the memo pointing out that Obama hasn't won yet and even if he does win, the Republicans might control both chambers of Congress and decide their best strategy is to block everything he wants and wait for 2016. Nevertheless, some members of Congress are already announcing what they want him to work on, for example:

• Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ): Jobs
  
• Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX): Immigration reform
  
• Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT): Energy policy and climate change
  
• Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ): Revenue generation
  
• Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA): Healthcare
  

The reality depends entirely on the election results. If the Democrats score big and capture both chambers of Congress, they could try to abolish the filibuster by adopting new rules on the first day the Senate meets. In that case, they will be able to do a lot. In the more realistic scenario that they don't win back the House (or do win the House but don't abolish the filibuster), probably little of consequence will happen during Obama's second term because the Republicans will continue blocking everything. If the reverse situation happens and the Republicans win all the marbles, the Democrats probably won't filibuster every Romney initiative. They didn't do that when they were in the minority during George W. Bush's administration, after all.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Decode that as:

• Card Check
  
• Amnesty
  
• Carbon Tax
  
• Raise Taxes
  
• Socialized Medicine
  

Edited September 30, 2012 by The Patriot