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Donna,

at least he responded to you.

I wrote to Senator Menendez in NJ here and he doesn't even bother to respond to me. The fact that they're letting budget reconciliation determine something as important as healthcare is ridiculous and irresponsible.

One word, socialism, huge debt, universal health, and the few of us that pay. Why don't you let the cnn folks have a show with the fox folks and then have a vote on acceptance. Your station is riducluous, where does the President stand, is he for socialism or the free enterprize system, or some where in the middle, The first 100 days are over and we see on the final day Arlene Specter switch parties, a disgrace. We have a president that never bought a house on his own and comes from the most corrupt state in the union. Let's vote on the speaker of the house and her first 100 days and can you tell me that she has done a acceptable job, if she does not get a F then something is wrong. Please post these comments, thank you

Well I have to say that I, for one, am very disappointed in the Senate. Being from Kentucky I find the Senator Mitch, minority leader, has just be sad and embarrassing
I have written him on many occasions only to get lame excuses for what he does. He barely held on to his seat during the last election. I hope he looses it in the next election. He has done nothing to help the the people and seems to hate those who needs his help the most!
I give the entire senate a big fat F.

Dems=C+
Reps=D

Pelosi and Reid can't seem to get over that they are in charge and could try making nice instead of manipulating. The Republicans have a whole other huge issue which is refusing to acknowledge what voters have said they want and continuing to march to a dying drummer. It's like Michael Douglas so aptly said in the film "The American President" (I think that's the title) and I paraphase..."These are serious times with serious problems and your 15 minutes are up". Until the GOP sees that new solutions and ideas are needed they will be fording up a faster and faster moving stream. The issue of big government vs small government is an old and really dead issue.

Also, I was disgusted by their treatment of fellow Reps (Snow, Spector and Collins) who voted their conscience and represented their constituencies. If I were Collins and Snoe I would defect with Spector.

I give them an A+++++ for blindly folowing the most clueless sad excuse of a president we have ever seen in America. No worry though They will soon be the minority again.

if you eliminate Reid and Pelosi i give them a B. including those jokers D+

I think all of them for the time at hand today should forget about their own States Lobbyist, and focus on the nation as awhole.

I will give the President an A.
Overall, he has commanded respect and I think the American People understand him better and feel connected to him in respect to his background.
A new era of beginning and change of politics in Washington.

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

as a German I`m sitting in a little, very comfortable hotel in Wellington, CO, and watching your show on the first 100 days of President Obama, who from my point of view gave a great speech and answered he question asked afterwards by "journaille" very sensable, especially on the subject of bipartisanship.

What is very interesting for me as a guest of this great country that your show gives a view of what the Americans seem to think of this new administration. Btw kind of show you would never see on GermanTV on the Merkel – administration.

If I may say so, "keep on trucking"

Kind Regarda
Volker E. Kummrow

Well I will keep on watching; and still do so in Germany

I believe that the people who were responsible for the banking failure should have to be held accountable. There is no doubt that by following the paperwork people responsible would be found out and monies recovered. It must be a large crowd...

I think is off on a good start and he will be able to accomplish every goal he has set in his first term.
He is transparent and everyseems to be aware atleast of where he is taking the country and one is free to give an opinion if they agree with him.

The stimulus package was a travesty – rush to vote more than 3/4 trillion dollars of spending loaded with pork in a plan that can not possibly have a significant effect for months. like other laws passed recently, no study of what's in it or how it might work in practice. The President talks bipartisan but he and senate and house majorities have not given any evidence of actually working with the other side to find reasonable compromise or even listen to objections. Now our country is preparing, thanks to the unbreakable majority in the Senate, to blindly leap into the void of limitless spending on programs no one has the least idea how they will work or what the costs will be, never mind how to pay for them. it's very exciting (for those addicted to tv adulation) to blaze ahead with marvelous sounding programs – the hard part is crafting laws that actually deliver benefit worth the cost with unintended results that we citizens can actually survive. Grade wise, i give both senate and house leadership P for partisan and D for Don't care as long as i get re-elected. Exhibit A would be Specter.

I think Barock Obama has done the best he can with what he has to work with. the republicans are bound and determined to see him fail, and thats why i don't think he will. he deserves an A plus for effort, conduct, and for being so positive. i wish him the best!

I'd grade the Democratic Senators an A and the Republican Senators an F so that averages out to...a C!

I regret the grade I accidently gave this question. I wanted to give them an F. I am simply frustrated with the bickering and backstabbing. They are a careless group of adults in charge of so many issues...they seem to walk around the issues...

My two Senators get a big F. They are closet democrats and it's time they came out like Specter finally did.

The Senate overall, another big F. How they can have Reid as majority leader is beyond me. I've never seen the man smile once!

I give the congress (and the president) a D. In my observation they have solved no problems, only added debt to my grandchildren. I once took a 15% cut in salary just to retain my job. I took it. The UAW has priced the US automakers out of the market. The same thing happened in the textile industry. Can't anybody see where this is headed?? Press "1" for English? Give me a break! I'm not an isolationist. I drive a foreign car. I'm wearing a shirt made out of this country, but I would rather have bought these products from US makers had they been close in price or quality.

Am very disappointed the Republicans have opposed most programs and have had the attitude to vote against everything. Why not work together for the betterment of the country?

when we a very poor republican house and senate that act like little boys and girl and all there crying.i have two dogs that have more brains then all of them, and they really have a mine of there own.

they get FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

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the senate i agree deserve a C plus because they are just there getting paid! i think they should all be fired, because they have done nothing for me. Rockford Illinois scoll district #205 is messed up. it would be nice to get someone in there who cares abouth the future of these children, african american and latino children!

B

Failed

B without the Republicans.

D- for Republicans & Democrats. Rubber stamping zombies!

I think that we should fire everyone of them !!! We do pay their salery. If my job performence was as bad I WOULD GET FIRED!!!! GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talk about how horrible california govener is taking advantage of the bail out, he is taking away from disabled and low income people and We do not think Obama is aware that he is taking money away from sick people. Please comment on this, we noticed he is never on the news, we feel he has not come forth with notification to the public or the media on this sudden reduction without any notice. Please bring him up nobody is publicizing his decision after getting bailed out of the state by the president.

Democrats – B+
Republicans – F
As in the House of Representatives, how the party of NO can act the way they are boggles one's mind. Democracy is dead in the Senate .

Give me a break Democrates have been in charge for going on 3 years in the house and senate they get an F. They have done nothing except give more wealthfare and blame everything on Bush and the Republicans. Guess what your in charge stop blaming BUSH for everything. It is a joke. The Senate and house have 14 % approval rating and CNN ignores the approval rating and manipulate the results....everyone here is a democratic or Socialist. You are as bad as the Republican National Media network fox.

B- democrats
D+ republicans

F

B-

C

A

The grade for the Senate is the same as what I would give the president. Out of touch with the American People, and have self-centered agenda.

D-

B+
If the Republicans would get out of way.
There could be change.

The Senate needs to catch-up with Obama...and learn to "Walk and chew bubblegum at the same time". No more "Couch Potato" attitude....The usery is OVER....HOORAY!!

Unfortunately a lot of members of the Senate and the house for that matter should be gone. I think they have their own agenda and don't always do what is best for the American people. I do believe term limits would be a good thing. A lot of people seem to vote on name recognition and keep voting the same people in just because. With more competition perhaps the Senators would not become so comfortable.

I also think there should be spending limits and time limits on campaigning. The average person could never make a run for Congress. Once elected all they do is try to protect their seats rather than focusing on what is best for our country. Enough with the constant campaigning.

Blame it on the "babies".....remember when everything was "NO"?

Whats a senate?It has been so long since I've heard something useful from the senate I forgot what they do. Max and Jon I want single payer health care.

Democratic Senate works together...Senators Baucus and Testor
both get an A+.
They rest of the Democratic Senate get a B from me.

F

b

Even during the Bush Administration, the Senate Democrats showed common sense leadership and the Republicans obstructed everything. Now, the Democrats are leading by example but the Republicans are holding whiny press conferences predicting the end of the world.

its disgusting how its politics as usual. Republicans aren't giving Obama a chance (as much as they can at least) and Democrats while saying in the press they want bipartisanship yet pull the "Budget Reconciliation" crap and Obama is just fine with it while claiming he wants to work with Republicans. Don't they (the Democrats) realize that if they try that with healthcare and WHEN it doesn't work they'll be blamed for decades to come???

C-

The only thing either party has done is point fingers at each other and fight to get re-elected. GOP and Dems must go, to both parties find the true leaders and elect them please. The current so called leadership is a cluster blank. Please start asking what is best for the American people not how do I get re elected.

C I am sick of the Gop filobustering qualified nominees.I think that we are spending too much time on getting the justice dept to focus on the past administration.

B-

the only reason the senate does not get an F is because of the efforts of Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) with Senate Bill 714, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009.

Oregon Senators have done just fine......

I give them a C as they continue to use earmarks

The Senate does well; I think they deserve a B

C-

poor very very poor on the republican side. thank god we have a great other side,,,,,,,,,

Considering all that has happened, I'm fairly happy with how things are going.

I'm Not Worried. Senator Reid Knows What's Good For Me!

Again I see the GOP do nothing positive, inclusive or with a vision of the future...They should not be allowed to just sit there and complain any longer. I give them a "F" for "Failure"
Voters elect their officials to work on behalf of everyone...our population is growing and our problems have not been addressed for 8 years. The party of NO should go away until they get it together.

I would give the Senate an F. The reason being is mostly the stimulus package (excuse me- SPENDING PACKAGE) which was full of pork barrel spending which Mr. Obama was aganist.

d-

b The senate seems to have worked with the president.

Gst rid of backstabbing republicans and I will give the Senate an A+

With all of the pork they have consumed, I guess the Senate won't be afraid of catching the flu.

Too much bickering

I give the senate a c

I think the senate is just as rotten as the current administration. All the senate wates to do is vote to spend more of our hard earned dollars and try to promote socialism. Fire all the democratic senate members and start over.

The Senate gets a C-. This is mostly due to the divisiveness of the remaining GOP Senators.

F

Too much borrowing and spending
Too much partisanship

Democrats doing the best they can with whiners working with them. I grade them A-

Republicans F

As I stated for the House.......When they are done playing politics, finish bickering with each other and actually do the job they were elected by the PEOPLE to do, then let me know. So far I have seen nothing but political pandering..enough already and do your job! F across the board!

D grade

b. they appear to be trying to work with tje president

B

C-