The founding fathers purposefully conceived Congress as a slow-moving, inefficient institution. Congress is not meant to react to the public emotions and demands of the moment. Indeed, by its very design, it serves to check the popular passions and develop legislation through a deliberative, consensus-building process.
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The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon: A whole movie about a murder by spoon? Truly chilling... ... ecpt The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon about a month ago...
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Criticisms of Congress. 1. Congress is slow and inefficient. 2. Legislative process advantages policy minorities, especially those who favor the status quo ...
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Congress regularly erects temporary dams to prevent the tax from trapping the middle class, and lawmakers are making a last-minute effort to keep that dam ... "It's a horrible tax. It's economically inefficient, it's unfair and it's mind-bogglingly complex. ... Those are actually all reasons why it's not going to happen."
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Dan, I enjoyed this article, but I have to say that saying that the government is slow clunky and often inefficient is not exactly news. My wife worked for a government agency for many years and I ... The President can issue executive orders in some cases, and can ask the Congress to pass legislation which he favors.
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The FCC has five commissioners, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Congress. ... Dan, I enjoyed this article, but I have to say that saying that the government is slow clunky and often inefficient is not exactly news. My wife worked for a government agency for many years and I kept slavering to get in,
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WASHINGTON — Democratic divisions in Congress stalled President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul Thursday, ... mcgeneral Levin on the Baucus Health-Care Bill: "A massively ambitious, costly, intrusive, inefficient, and clumsy combination of mandates, taxes, subsidies, regulations, and new government programs"
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Mumbai Terror: Israel security experts in the Shin Bet and the press call Indian forces lackadaisical, unprofessional, incompetent, untrained, slow, confused and inefficient...
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My own political analysis figures Congress as a relevant factor in weighing which party is most fiscally responsible. ... But at least we’re fixing everything Bush screwed up by trying to both defy the American people while at the same time giving them what they want, but at a painfully slow and inefficient pace.
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