What do you think about bipartisanship?

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Senator Lugar (R) and now President Obama have previously worked together. While I am most definitely a liberal, I have always voted for Senator Lugar. I recently wrote him about a concern I had over employers who receive "stimulus" money not being required to verify every employee's legal status.

His reply (I love Lugar!):
Thank you for contacting me.  I noted your thoughts on interior enforcement of immigration laws.  I have supported a number of proposals to increase accountability to ensure that employers follow the rules and employ only individuals who are here legally.
I appreciate knowing your specific interest in the E-Verify program, which allows employers to check an employee's information against databases maintained by the Homeland Security Department and the Social Security Administration.  I support efforts to reauthorize this program.  In fact, my office uses this program when hiring new employees.
Congress recently passed legislation to continue this program until the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2009, when it will need to be reauthorized.  I will continue to closely follow the consideration of this issue.
Thank you, again, for contacting me.

                                                            Sincerely,
                                                            Richard G. Lugar
                                                            United States Senator

leikelapacific · Accepted Answer

You should look to see how Newt did it in the 90's with Contract of America.  The biggest problem that I see is that everyone is more concerned with ego than actually helping.  I don't trust people who have to make promises to get hired.  I am for term limits.

Conservative In Exile · Answer

When power and political philosophy gets in the way, progress becomes congress....EVERY pun intended.  If there was a national emergency at stake, things might get done.    I know people who wish to blame the whole thing on the last 8 years of the Republican Party and their blame-less following of the Bush administration, but our situations hardly began one cold November night in the year 2000.  The blame goes further than Clinton, than Bush Sr., than Reagan, than Carter, than Nixon and Ford.  Blame has many layers, and either political side blames the other, and the people blame their leaders.


I believe that as more people fall away from believing and professing a personal faith, the less people will believe in morality and have values that many people from older generations have held as sacred.  As we lose these values and the faith of our fathers and grandfathers, we become the faithless enemy that the Muslim extremists make us out to be.  It isn't too late to turn from wickedness and apathy.  There is a separation of church and state, but not a complete break in not having a faith to begin with.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't see why your so happy? I too have gotten responses from my congress(wo)men. 
 THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. Some unimportant twit in his office wrote that and marked a little box next to an inquirey line to be counted later.
I'm not trying to bust your bubble but you can't be that naive? Your (and mine) political beliefs are unimportant to them, the bottom line is muuuney.

Anonymous · Answer

It requires that the side with the majority not just talk about it but when it comes down to it actually listens to the other side. Saying, "I won and it's my bill." or not insisting that the Speaker of the House take suggestions, is NOT bipartisanship.

Anonymous · Answer

this wasn't really a question, was it?

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What do you think about bipartisanship?

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