If pro is the opposite of con, and progress is moving forward, what is congress?
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a big waste of taxpayer's money.
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For "pro v. con," "con" is actually an abbreviation of the Latin "contra" meaning "against."  In Latin, "con" means "with" or "together with," while "pro" means "forward."\n\n"-gress" comes from the Latin root "to walk."\n\nPutting these together, "progress" means something like "to walk foward"; while "Congress" means "to walk together with," meaning a group of representatives determining and moving forward with a decision collectively, for instance.  It has nothing to do with "pro v. con," which should properly be understood as "pro v. contra."
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Which supplemental are you referring to?  All the other approps bills are making their way through the process now...most of them now in the Senate.
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Step one is electing a Democratic Congress in November.\nTwo words: Subpeona Power.\n\nJohn Nichols, the editor of the Capitol Times, is coming out with a new book called "The Genius of Impeachment." His basic argument is that impeachment is not a crisis - it is the remedy for when elected officials create a crisis. Bush has created a crisis (more than one actually) - it is time for him to go.
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pro: less people on earth\n\ncon: shameless resource consumption in the pursuit of purely anthropocentric achievement
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No. You are confusing any privileges of Congress with diplomatic immunity; diplomats of foreign nations are immune from prosecution.
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Congress !   lol\n\nWell the correct answer will be Regress
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There are a lot of categories in which we're not behind.  Consider for example medical and other scientific research, high quality universities, social mobility, and overall economic health.  It would not be unreasonable to argue that the American people (notice I didn't say government) do more to advance civilization than any other people.
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It's really not.  Sure, the President seems to be much more engaged in the international side of things, but Congress has always had a much more domestic role.  Because Congress has the power to set policy within the country, the biggest way that the President can exercise his power is through diplomacy and the military.  It's merely a matter of perception.
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There Are TWO Bills Being Pushed RIGHT NOW \nThat Are Taking Priority\n\nOne Is To make English the official language Of The USA\n\nThe Other Is To Make It A FELONY \nTo BURN(Defiance)Or DEFACE The American Flag On US Territory\n\nThe Bills Went To The Senate AND Congress \nIn The Past Few (3) Days\n\nI Support BOTH Motions
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It is clever and funny.  But the "con" in "congress" means "with."  It doesn't mean "against" as the "con" in "contrast" connotes.
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The belief that things can only be one way: Our way is hardly unique to Republicans, it's a staple of modern American Political discourse in all parties.  Generally the more a party claims to be tolerant of other ideas, the less tolerant it actually is.  The concept of Compromise is completely alien to Congress these days.
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I'm not going to repeat what's already been mentioned, but the Senate is considered the 'upper house' of Congress, and the House of Representatives is considered the 'lower house,' which is why the Senate has special roles (like passing treaties, etc.).
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The Senate and the House of Representatives are the two branches of our congress.  They propose and enact laws for the U S.
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It isn't in place yet.  The Senate passed one version, the House passed a different one.  The Senate will give theirs to the House to see if they can negotiate one bill for all of Congress to vote on.  If they can't, it will not go further.  Meanwhile other people are sponsoring new legislation to see if that is better or more popular.
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I like to look at the "approval ratings" for members of Congress as given by the Americans for Democratic Action and the American Conservative Union.\n\nhttp://www.adaction.org/ADATodayVR2005.pdf\n\nhttp://www.acuratings.org/\n\nThese stats show how the Congressmen voted on particular legislation.
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no, it is not. \n\nthe congress did not declare war just the president, so not it is not an actual war...\n\nI hate Bush!