Latest Answers http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/latest/%2A/%2A/84/%2A a view of answers sorted by date en Well that’s one of those questions “whether have you stopped beating your wife yet?” type of questions. I think most people that I serve with in Congress are fairly straightforward and try to answer things as honestly and straightforward way as they can. Obviously, people have their own political opinions and biases that shapes the kinds of answers that they give. You know there are all kinds of people in the world. Some of them that really want to be smartest – just kills them to say “I don’t know” and there are other ones like me who were never good in school. I don’t mind saying I don’t know if I don’t know something. So just a variety of different personalities. But Congressmen are not very much different than most people you meet on the street. Most of them have a good heart and try to do the best they can. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/well-%E2%80%99s-one-those-questions-%E2%80%9Cwhether-have-you-stopped-beating-your-wife-yet%3F%E2%80%9D-type-questions http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/well-%E2%80%99s-one-those-questions-%E2%80%9Cwhether-have-you-stopped-beating-your-wife-yet%3F%E2%80%9D-type-questions#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:31:54 -0500 Robin Wright 1503 at http://askyourlawmaker.org The two party system is a bi-product of the system we have right now, the fact that we have single member districts where one person is elected will always result in a two party system, it does in other countries as well. The constitution was designed with no parties in mind and can function with one, or two or multi or no parties whatsoever, as long as you have separation of powers and federalism securely in place. We are mucking around with federalism and separation of powers to the point that it doesn’t help. But whether there are two parties or multiple parties is really insignificant and it is a bi-product of the system we have created by statute of a single representative elected from a district. If you change that you’ll change the number of parties, whether that is more helpful or not is probably insignificant. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/two-party-system-bi-product-system-we-have-right-now%2C-fact-we-have-single-member-districts-w Wed, 28 May 2008 11:49:42 -0500 amukherjee 1324 at http://askyourlawmaker.org I completely agree. I think we should pass all twelve of these appropriations bills. That’s been my constant message to our leadership—let’s pass our bills and get our work done. I want to bring up mine first. I want to go first with the interior and environment appropriations bill. <br><br> Those are fine. They don’t take much time. We have resolutions on all kinds of resolutions on various things, you know, appreciation of our troops in the field. You know, these are nice things that show that the United States Congress cares about…and, and, and, you know, naming post offices is a long tradition in that. So I, I, I do agree, we do need to get the appropriations bills done. I’m going to fight for that. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/i-completely-agree.-i-think-we-should-pass-all-twelve-these-appropriations-bills.-%E2%80%99s-been-my Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:45:01 -0500 1200 at http://askyourlawmaker.org