What has happened since Democrats took control of Congress?

A little over one year ago:

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;

2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;

3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%.

Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we%26#039;re

seen:

1) Consumer confidence plummet;

2) the cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3 a gallon;

3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);

4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value

evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);

5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by

$1.2 trillion dollars;

6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

America voted for change in 2006, and it happened!

Now what are the candidates running for office offering?

What has happened since Democrats took control of Congress?bridge loan

Coincidence, I think not. I don%26#039;t think we can afford more %26quot;change%26quot;.

What has happened since Democrats took control of Congress? loan

The Dem%26#039;s screwed it up hahahahaha! Not all on Bush hahahahahaha!|||They want to %26quot;change%26quot; things even further.|||i dont know why everyone%26#039;s picking on the democrats

it%26#039;s not like they%26#039;ve done anything|||To answer your first question - Bush has started using his veto power. Something he never did when the republicans controlled congress.|||More change, does the Word Homeless mean anything.|||they do have a very low approval rate.....your tax dollars...working against you....|||Even though Democrats have a majority in congress, they don%26#039;t have enough of a majority to pass useful legislation, either it would be useless to pass as they cannot override a veto, or the Republicans in congress threaten to filibuster voting on the bill. (and since a filibuster requires 6/10 of all senators to vote to end it, to actually pass any piece of legislation, the democrats need to bring roughly 10 republicans to their side.)

Threat of a filibuster is enough these days to prevent a bill from passing... it is somewhat sad I admit.|||Bush vetos just about every bill that comes to his desk. How do you blame Dems for that?????

Not to mention....wasn%26#039;t the Bush tax cuts supposed to make the economy great???? Whoops....guess not.

Maybe RECORD HIGH deficit spending wasn%26#039;t such a bright idea in hindsight....

But I%26#039;m not worried....you can blame the dems all you want....the majority of Americans blame the president (people always blame the president for economic troubles).|||Gasoline prices were already high before then, and the mortgage issues, which are definitely covered by 5 and 6, and partly explain 1, were a bubble waiting to burst well before the Democrats took Congress. Plus, the stock market, referred to in point 4, has been unimpressive since 9/11.|||some things are cyclic and a congress that promised improved economics and did not deliver %26amp; a congress that promised to end the war and did not deliver .... wait, a minute, I am beginning to see your point. Re-reading your facts ....

That change does not look very good to me, but then again I am not a dem that voted them into office, so maybe the dems are satisfied and want more of the same.|||I had to use my answer just to share the enjoyment I got out of VerdiOjos answer , if they didnt screw us right and left youd swear they didnt exist|||The democrats will not stop till we are all on welfare .|||I love this spin question..... The week after the Iraq war started gas went up $1.00 a gallon, Bush unaware gas prices are high.....

Since Dems took over ...Republicans have blocked/ destroyed passage of any to help our ailing economy and The President veto%26#039;s anything Congress brings forward by Dems.

The rich republicans love this housing senerio, they can buy property at pennies on the dollar then wait till values go up again then make more fortunes....|||at least they got to the bottom of steroid scandal in baseball...

thanks,|||and i suppose that none of this would have happened anyway? gasoline was under a dollar when bush came to office,deregulation was a top priority during the first term and a half of the bush administration. the obvious results are the steep drop in both the sock market and consumer confidence.

home equity loses equal big profits to the businesses that trade in that area,can you remember %26quot;Enron%26quot;.

congress doesn%26#039;t hire but the business world does and they are closely allied to the republican party

the spin machine is certainly running at full speed for that conclusion to be reached given what the republicans have done to the country.

this question would be truly funny if it were not so depressing. to me it is just another reason why conservative/republicans are to be view with suspicion,they are never responsible for any of the ills that face this country even when the trail leads directly back to here failed policies.