Where have I been since 1994? Where have you been? Did you forget that the Democrats ran the Senate from 2000-2002? Or that Sens. Specter, Chafee, Collins and Snowe gave liberals 51 seats from 2002-2004?
The legislation coming from the House has been excellent, but the liberals have run the Senate.
Spending bills, by law, originate in the House. Have you seen the spending bills lately?
Most assuredly not excellent.
A decade ago, Pubbies promised to eliminate the Depts of Education and Commerce (and I think Energy as well). Do we still have them? Why? And by golly, I do believe we have even more Cabinet departments than we did back then. That's probably not costing taxpayers less.
How about NEA and PBS? Weren't those supposed to be gone a long time ago? How're their budgets doing? Bigger? I'm shocked. Those should have been the easy ones.
And just last week, the Republicans were preparing to pass subsidies for private fertilizer research, the Rock 'n Roll Museum. Etc, etc.
Party of limited government, my ass.
Perhaps you missed where I wrote, "... a majority in both houses of Congress since 1994 (with the exception of the first two years without Jumpin' Jim Jeffords)."
Or that Sens. Specter, Chafee, Collins and Snowe gave liberals 51 seats from 2002-2004?
The subject was the GOP. I clearly mentioned the GOP and their majority rule.
the liberals have run the Senate.
I appreciate your point. But, "Liberals" have not been running the Senate committees; "Republicans" have.
I guess we'll see what comes of what you expect will prove to be the first "conservative majority" in Congress. But, I won't be going in with high expectations. In view of the past 10 years of Republican rule, I'll be happy to set myself up to be pleasantly surprised instead of disappointed (yet again).