The First 300 Days
-- Jayson
PoliPundit.com
It’s been roughly 300 days since George W. Bush and Congress began their latest terms in office.
Here are some of the positive things the Congress and the White House have accomplished over that 10-month period:
1) The Senate confirmed seven of President Bush’s nominees to the federal appeals courts: Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen, William Pryor, Richard Griffin, David McKeague, Thomas Griffith, and Susan Neilson. Each of those jurists previously had their nominations blocked or filibustered by the MediaCrats when Tom D . . . Tom Dash . . . er, you know, was running that caucus.
2) The Senate confirmed John Roberts – who ruled as a member of the D.C. Circuit in favor of the Bush administration on the Gitmo and Energy Task Force cases – to be Chief Justice of the United States. The man is 50 years old.
3) Pro-gun liability reforms were passed and signed into law.
4) The CAFTA free-trade statute was passed and signed into law.
5) The first slate of what ultimately will be a series of legislated immigration and border control reforms – Real ID Act, asylum reforms, and stepped-up funding for our border control operations – were passed and signed into law. That’s in addition to stepped-up border control measures on the streets, e.g., Operation Community Shield and the Secure Border Initiative.
6) Comprehensive energy policy reforms – including massive expansions of our nuclear and natural gas capabilities – were passed and signed into law.
Just check in, oh, say, 10 years further down the road. You’ll be able at that juncture to remember this piece of legislation. Because you’ll be seeing new state-of-the-art nuclear power plants and new liquefied natural gas facilities dotting the landscapes of various states west of the Mississippi and south of the Mason-Dixon line.
7) Comprehensive bankruptcy reforms were passed and signed into law.
8) Comprehensive class action lawsuit reforms were passed and signed into law.
There is more than one full year remaining in this Congress.
There are more than three full years remaining in this presidency.
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