By: Nancy Jacques

Why are so many Americans concerned about what this administration and Congress are doing? Those in the Democrat/Progressive Party would have us believe that people are not losing their freedom, and President Obama is not spending us into bankruptcy. If that’s correct, why are so many Americans taking to the streets to voice their concern?

As we know, the purpose of legislation/bills is to create laws which the American people and American businesses are to abide by. More laws = less freedom and less free markets. Also, bills nearly always come with a price tag. Take, for example, HR 1388 (the Volunteer Act)… it’s price tag is about $10.44 BILLION — for “volunteerism”; not to mention recruiting our children for a government National Civilian Community Corps. I digress…

If this administration and Congress are not doing anything to take away our freedom and spend us into oblivion, let’s look at the facts on that.

We’ll take a look at the number of bills from each Congressional Session since 1993 up through our current Congressional Session, listed by year, session and number of bills respectively:

1993 – 1994: 103rd Congress = 1977 Bills
1995 – 1996: 104th Congress = 1817 Bills
1997 – 1998: 105th Congress = 1966 Bills
1999 – 2000: 106th Congress = 2229 Bills
2001 – 2002: 107th Congress = 1513 Bills
2003 – 2004: 108th Congress = 1659 Bills
2005 – 2006: 109th Congress = 1746 Bills
2007 – 2008: 110th Congress = 1922 Bills
2009 – 2010: 111th Congress = 8970 Bills

Eight previous sessions of Congress (103rd – 110th), going all the way back to 1993, averaged about 1853 bills per session.

The 111th Congressional Session under President Obama isn’t even finished yet and they’ve got 8970 bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Over 4 times the number of bills of any prior session.

Is it any wonder that clear-thinking Americans see their freedoms being taken away? They understand that this President and Congress are making an enormous power-grab on every aspect of our lives and our free markets. And they understand that this President and Congress are purposely leading our beloved country into bankruptcy with spending that will enslave us and generations to come.

It doesn’t take a mental giant to see this, which is why it is perplexing that the Democrats/Progressives cannot see it.

Update: What we do know right now: of the 8970 bills introduced, 1132 are in play. Here’s the breakdown in just 1 yr 3 mo in office:

Enacted, on his desk, and Passed by Both House & Senate = 193
Already Passed in either the House or Senate = 627
Reported by committee = 312