Ever heard of the filibuster?
Nothing can get passed in congress without the approval of harry reid and chuck schumer.
You have as much power as bush does in getting anything passed in this congress.
The real crime is that the media calls congress a gop majority.
Gop can't even vote on amendments without harry reid's approval.
Ever heard of the nuclear option. Remember, Bill Frist comes in fron the cameras and threatens to use it about once every three months. Ever heard of a veto? The president has threatened to used it twice now; the Dubai ports deal and the current budget proposal. Well he didn't use it on the Dubai deal, (I know the Dubai guys pulled their proposal--wink wink) and I'm not holding my breath to see if he'll use it to cut the pork out of the budget.