FISCAL CLIFF AWAITS

We keep talking about the 'fiscal cliff' but the explanations are complex and varied.  This is one of the simplest I have found.  Click here.   It is agonizing to watch the Republicans in the House playing political games with the lives of the middle class.  For the sake of the country, the Teaparty ought not to be part of the Republican party.  They should be a third, stand alone, party of themselves.  They have been allowed to infiltrate the GOP gradually  and now seem to hold control, having had money poured into their campaigns to rid the country of the less partisan representatives of the past.  Anyone who could compromise has been ousted, with few exceptions.

Boehner is a joke.  He does not deserve the office to which he was elected.  He has no control over his caucus and seems to be having his strings pulled from somewhere outside of the House.  Over and over I am hearing it said, "This is not about ideology, it is about history".   If the house were doing its job, there would be working days until the job is done.  Instead, a normal 5 cay work week with a month off would have 240 working days.  They all have staff members working for them so it is not as though they work alone.  However, they will not be working 240 days, they will be working only 126 days,  Click here for more explanation.They are supposed to be there representing the country, 98% who are middle class.  Yet they seem to be in there representing only 2%.  It is difficult to fathom where the voters got the idea that they represent our country's interests. I don't understand what part of represent in Representatives they have missed.  It is though they believe they have been anointed by God, not the public who voted for them.

It is unlikely they will be in Washington after or even before Christmas.  In the past, the President has been able to take action  through that office when the Congress is unavailable.  No one has brought that up here.  Being unfamiliar with the intricacies of the governmental workings I would like to understand more about the independent powers of the President.