They say that the approval rating for Congress is very low. I was thinking, if Congress did a better job of providing checks and balances for the executive branch, maybe more people would approve of the job Congress is doing.

I think it was Abraham Lincoln who said something to the effect that you can’t pull the wage earners up by pulling the wage payers down. The implication of that idea is that you can’t pull people out of poverty by taxing the rich, or something like that. And I might agree with that. But I would like to say that the rich can be expected to pay their fair share, which I don’t think they are doing under George War Bush.

NPR has interesting coverage of the 2006 elections, including coverage of the Senate and House races, as well as articles on what happens if the Democrats gain control of Congress, etc.

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