Perhaps you should do a bit of research on the American political system.
Extrafire, I am already aware of American political system, but thanks anyway for the lesson.
Republicans, mindful of the influence of groups such as ACORN have no hesitation voting against their party if they want to be re-elected.
ACORN is a left wing group; no way they were going to vote Republican no matter what the Republicans did. Anyway, Congressional Republicans were fiercely loyal to Bush. Let me give you two examples.
One of the functions of Congress is to carry out oversight hearings over the President. Democrats routinely carry o out such hearings. They are carrying out such hearing even at present. It is nothing against the President; it is just the job of Congress to carry out oversight hearings.
When Bush was President, the Republican Congress did not carry out even one oversight hearing. They suspended oversight hearings indefinitely. Republicans in the Congress were fiercely loyal to the President.
Another example is the Louisiana Senate election in 2002. Mary Landrieu was the incumbent Democratic Senator (she still is). Her opponent campaigned on one and one plank to her platform only. She said she will support Bush 100% of the time, and she accused Landrieu for not supporting Bush 100% of the time. Incidentally, she almost defeated Landrieu.
The Congressional Republicans were fiercely loyal to the President. During 2000 to 2006, Bush didn’t have to use his veto even once. Congress invariably passed the legislation which Bush would approve. But Bush didn’t even try to fix the subprime debacle; he didn’t even try to prevent the crises. He clearly thought that it was not a serious threat.
Extrafire, I am already aware of American political system, but thanks anyway for the lesson.
Republicans, mindful of the influence of groups such as ACORN have no hesitation voting against their party if they want to be re-elected.
ACORN is a left wing group; no way they were going to vote Republican no matter what the Republicans did. Anyway, Congressional Republicans were fiercely loyal to Bush. Let me give you two examples.
One of the functions of Congress is to carry out oversight hearings over the President. Democrats routinely carry o out such hearings. They are carrying out such hearing even at present. It is nothing against the President; it is just the job of Congress to carry out oversight hearings.
When Bush was President, the Republican Congress did not carry out even one oversight hearing. They suspended oversight hearings indefinitely. Republicans in the Congress were fiercely loyal to the President.
Another example is the Louisiana Senate election in 2002. Mary Landrieu was the incumbent Democratic Senator (she still is). Her opponent campaigned on one and one plank to her platform only. She said she will support Bush 100% of the time, and she accused Landrieu for not supporting Bush 100% of the time. Incidentally, she almost defeated Landrieu.
The Congressional Republicans were fiercely loyal to the President. During 2000 to 2006, Bush didn’t have to use his veto even once. Congress invariably passed the legislation which Bush would approve. But Bush didn’t even try to fix the subprime debacle; he didn’t even try to prevent the crises. He clearly thought that it was not a serious threat.