Read the following political cartoon about Congress's return from August recess. What does it say about what is facing Congress? Do you think it is wise that all bills not passed by the end of each session are dead? Does this keep issues from being resolved? What are some other cartoons from this website that deal with this issue? What symbols are used? What background knowledge do you need?
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This cartoonist obviously is not a big fan of George Dubya Bush. They think that he is causing a lot of mess that other people end up having to take care of.
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The cartoon is saying that the same stuff gets "fed" to Congress over and over in the new bills that come in to them
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I think that this cartoon is saying that congress has a lot of issues to deal with after their recess. It seems that the cartoonist is stereotyping the congressmen as being snooty with their noses up in the air. To understand this cartoon, you need to know that congress was on recess and that they were dealing with a lot of issues. I also don't think it is right that the bills not passed by the end of the session die, because one of those bills might be extremely important to the country. However this bill could have been put in toward the end of the session.
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I think that this cartoon stereotypes congressmen as old fat guys. It's talking about how when the congress comes back into session, there is a bunch of old stuff from the last session that they still have to deal with, even if they don't necessarily want to.
I think it's good that the bills will die after the session because then Congress gets to not have to deal with the bill after the session, even if it's brought back, it'll be refreshed
I think the cartoonist is trying to show that issues keep getting piled up on the congressmen and when they come back from 'vacation' it's all still there. I don't think that this keeps issues from being resolved because then if they just become dead then they were never able to be solved. Some symbols in the cartoon could be the odor coming off of the issues and the 'Congressional Dining Room' in the background.
Issues will still be resolved, and that doesn't stop anything from passing or not, it may slow or clean up the process but won;t stop issues from being resolved.
I agree with both Emily and Aliza, i think most poeple do see congress people as stuffy old pudgy men, but there are also women who are in congress and skinny people.... i think ameria is one bg steryotypical country because we are all so predijuce.I agree with Emily on the the cartoon that you have to have background knowledge on congress to understand the cartoon.
I think that the cartoon is saying that the issues that are going on right now are issues that we have been trying to deal with for a while. It's saying that the issues are being dumped on them, because nobody else wants to deal with them. The cartoonist is also stereotyping congressmen as stuck up and snobby. lksdfjlkajs!
The cartoon says that Congress is facing the same issues that they were the last time they were in session. I think that it is not wise theat they kill a bill that has not been passed after every session. I know that if they didn't they would be overwhelmed with bills but maybe some are really important. They have to start completely over again and maybe they had something that would actually work last time. It is not like anyone will actually remember what they had said last time. Each time they will be thinking of something new and not be able to resolve the issue. As for background knowledge basically you need to know what issues Congress has not resolved over this time period.
I think that this cartoon is saying that congress has to clean up the mess they now have after they took a vacation. No i dont think its wise because they may not be done discussing it. Yes it does keep issues from being resovled.
the stereo type is not only old and fat but also white and the ment look smart. I think the cartoon shows the problems congress didnt fix when they went for recess. The men alos look disgusted at the leftovers. You have to know what congress is and what the porblems they are dealing with that are on there table, and the table they are eating on
I think that the cartoon says that the congressmen are done with these reoccuring issues that need to be adressed. This cartoon symbolizes how slow are congress is moving in getting imortant laws passed. I also believe bills shouldn't be dead at the end of the session because they need to be taken care of. It's wrong to just ignore bills untio there dead.
I think that this cartoon is saying that they are getting a lot of issues they do no want to keep dealing with. Also it is saying that things are piling up on the congressman. They are also stereotyping congressman.
This one is saying that wehave to deal with the same crap from other places, like other places. We have quite a mess on our hands.
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haha, thats awesome. It shows that Bush is leaving a bunch of crap for other people to clean up, and its up to congress to help fix it. I dont think its good that bills can be 'killed'. It doesnt solve anything because its not like the piece of paper the bill is on is the problem. Just by getting rid of the bill doesnt mean they're getting rid of the problem. I read a cartoon that talked about how americans are spending too much money on government, but aren't worrying about our needs. And the other person asked it they were talking about the US or Iraq.
after reading tyler's comment i ended up deleting mine because it made no sense. it was kind of the opposite of his but i totally agree with it. congressmen have a lot to deal with and if they kill the bills at the end then they will have a fresh start. plus, the bills can be put back into the hopper. it's not like they're going to die and can't come back.
I dont think the cartoonist is anti george W because it doesnt have anything against him but it doest show some of the issues that he has helped cause
I think this cartoon tells us that when the people in Congress decide to take breaks and then come back, the same problems will still be there. They will still need to be taken care of. I also don't think it is such a good idea to kill a bill that is not passed. This is because the issue in which the bill was about could have been really important. It could have solved some of the problems that Congress and the country are facing. This does keep issues from being resolved, because the bill that was just killed could have fixed the many problems that are present.
I think that this cartoon is true because I think that a lot of the isues presesnted to congress are ignored
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I don't think the cartoonist is necessarily anti George Bush. I think he's just showing that there's still a lot of unresolved issues that congress is sick of dealing with. I think that any bills not passed at the end of the session shouldn't be dead, because it just adds to the problems instead of taking away from them.
I agree with nate saying htat the cartoonist isnt anti bush but i think that the bills should be killed because if you just leave them then they just take up space. If they really needa problem solved theyshould just make a new bill
I don't think it is always fair that some bills get sat on and never dealt with. But at the same time I think it is a good idea that the pointless bills become dead. Yes many issues, for example what we are going to do in Iraq, are not being resolved.
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The cartoon is saying that congress has to deal with a lot of the same issues after a bill gets killed at the end of the session, although the bills that aren't important get killed, the ones that mean a lot get "reborn" and have to be deal with again. If bills aren't killed at the end of the session how do they die, is there another way that a bill is killed?
I think that this cartoon is showing that even though the congressmen go on vacation their work is waiting for them when they get back. So its always there no matter if you leave it or not someone else is not going to do it for you! I think that its a good idea to kill bills if they are not passed by the time the session is over with because it doing them no good just sitting there so they should just get rid of it! Also if they think that the bill could possibly pass after a second time then they should keep it but if not just get rid of it. It probably doesn't get issues resolved very fast but whatever!!!
I think that the cartoon is saying that the same things are always being sent, or "fed" to congress, as Tyler said. And they are getting sick of dealing with the same issues.
Well it looks like a different comic now, somethign about Sen. Craig and resigning. But I don't think its wise that all off the bills that aren't passed by the end of the session are killed. There are probably hundreds of bills that can benefit the american people that are dismissed like this. If congress doesn't want to hav anything to do with a bill they can postpone it till the term ends.
I agree with Pam. Oh, I finally can get on this! Woot!
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