promises

It is so easy to complain about politicians. It is much harder to be part of the solution. Something really pretty amazing happened this month and it shouldn't be ignored. Democrats running for the House made a whole bunch of promises. Some of those promises they said they would enact within the first 100 hours of the new Congress. They made promises. We like to say that we don't trust politicians when they make promises...but what about when the DO KEEP THEIR PROMISES?

House Democrats kept their promise and enacted each and every bill they promised within the first 100 hours...only they did it faster than expected.

This comes from the Campaign for America's Future:

Democracy worked!

Yesterday, the House completed the First 100 Hours agenda, with 58 legislative working hours left to spare. More work has been done for the American people in 42 hours than the previous conservative Congress did in two years. Thanks to the mandate our lawmakers received in the election -- and the pressure you've exerted since then -- strong majorities in the House of Representatives...

* raised the minimum wage for the first time in 10 years,
* required Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices,
* cut student loan rates in half, and
* took back $14 billion in handouts to Big Oil to invest in renewable energy.