1. They caused the main federal statute governing K-12 education to get an overhaul, as well as the federal disability insurance system. A continued dispute about federal highway funding finally got resolved, as did a long-running dispute about Medicare payments. December saw a whole bunch of tax changes featuring good news for low-wage workers and a broad set of business interests. Congress passed a law to ban microbeads in bath products to help protect the nation's fisheries.
2. Many bills passed between 2009 and 2010 since Democrats won big in the 2008 election and because the Obama White House was good at coordinating with Democratic congressional leaders on the question of what issues Democrats wanted to take up.
3. They want to get bills passed, so they have started to compromise a bit more.
4.In competing for political offices only one can win a position, but in passing policy, everyone can win if they compromise and get stuff passed. While politician expend resources and run for political policies, nothing gets done. This is bad for everyone.
5. Republicans won some tax victories that were important to them, and Democrats won some tax victories for the working class. In exchange, both sides had to let the other side push up the budget deficit, but it turned out neither side really cared that much, so both sides win.
6. Many deals were worked out in secrecy, and they were not done well at all. There was repeated failure in rewriting a No Child Left Behind policy as well, which did not help very much either.
7. The politicians work together in secrecy, so outside people and groups don't have as much influence on preventing things from moving forward or passing. The main way to keep people in the dark is by having them focus on other more important issues that are highly debated on.
2. Many bills passed between 2009 and 2010 since Democrats won big in the 2008 election and because the Obama White House was good at coordinating with Democratic congressional leaders on the question of what issues Democrats wanted to take up.
3. They want to get bills passed, so they have started to compromise a bit more.
4.In competing for political offices only one can win a position, but in passing policy, everyone can win if they compromise and get stuff passed. While politician expend resources and run for political policies, nothing gets done. This is bad for everyone.
5. Republicans won some tax victories that were important to them, and Democrats won some tax victories for the working class. In exchange, both sides had to let the other side push up the budget deficit, but it turned out neither side really cared that much, so both sides win.
6. Many deals were worked out in secrecy, and they were not done well at all. There was repeated failure in rewriting a No Child Left Behind policy as well, which did not help very much either.
7. The politicians work together in secrecy, so outside people and groups don't have as much influence on preventing things from moving forward or passing. The main way to keep people in the dark is by having them focus on other more important issues that are highly debated on.
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