Of course the GOP House doesn't want to do its job in the last eleven months of a Presidency.

[Conch]

Of course the GOP House doesn't want to do its job in the last eleven months of a Presidency. In their defense, the last year of the last President (2008) wasn't a real winner,

— Number Of U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq: 322.
— Number Of U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan: 151.
— Number Of Jobs Lost: 1.9 million.
— Number Of Banks Federal Government Now Owns Stock In: 206.
— Number Of Uninsured Americans: 47.5 million.
— Change In Housing Prices: declined 18 percent.
— Change In Health Insurance Premiums: increased 5 percent.
— Change In Number Of Delinquent Mortgages: increased 75 percent.
— Change In Use Of Food Stamps: increased 17 percent.
— Change In Dow Jones Industrial Average: declined 35 percent.
— Change In Bush Approval Rating: declined 9 percent to 29 percent.


http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/01/01/34232/year-end-stats/