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This is not a false scenario: on Feb. 5, 2010, the non-binding House Resolution 1077 was introduced, declaring Congress??s intention to “stand with the American people to reject severe changes to social security, including any and all attempts to privatize [it],” instead promising to “make common-sense adjustments… to strengthen it for future generations.” As well-intentioned as this sounds, it’s nothing more than a way to bait Republicans into publicly picking sides on Rep. Paul Ryan?...
...fact is, non-binding resolutions are ineffective and only divert Congress??s attention from our nation’s myriad problems. The majority of these missives receive virtually no media coverage, nor do they influence government policy. It took Congress eight days after the Haitian earthquake to pass H.Res. 1021, a non-binding expression of “condolences and solidarity.” (During those eight days, they named four post offices.) The high-minded Congressional statement likely offered little solace to Haitians trapped beneath rubble and distracted from governmental efforts to bring tangible benefits to those...
...Congress has also demonstrated that there are important things we can do working together as a city-wide community at all levels,” Simmons said. “This is a lesson I hope we can take from the Congress??that it’s not just going to take one of us, it takes...
...emergency “climate congress?? charged with finding solutions to local environmental problems and recommending new government programs will convene in Cambridge...
Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons said the city government needed to do more to “inject environmentally friendly practices” into the community and to “influence more global activities.” Simmons plans to use the Congress?? findings in any suggestions the City makes to the state and federal government, as well as to the global summit on climate change occurring in Copenhagen in June...