Here's an interesting little article from the Washington Independent on how Jim Webb's GI Bill, without fanfare, came back from the political brink and will quietly become law -- despite the best efforts of the usually-decisive Blue Dog caucus. This is kind of heartening, both because the Blue Dogs suck, and because the new GI Bill is a great piece of legislation that will help innumerable military families and add a much-needed patch to our unraveling social safety net.
But it makes you think -- what else has this Congress, which in 2006 ostensibly was going right to work in rolling back conservative policies, actually accomplished? Other than that hike in the minimum wage, which came immediately after Pelosi and Reid took power, they've done nothing that I can think of. We all know that Blue Dogs, and their Republican pals, have been obstructing most major legislation (especially anything serious on Iraq), but surely after a year and a half there'd be some incremental progress we can point to, right? Is it hiding somewhere?