July 30, 2006
By: Phil Singer, DSCC
1.
Failure to plan for post-war Iraq
2.
Failure to reduce violence in Iraq
3.
Failure to be honest with the American people about WMD intelligence
4.
Failure to hold Administration accountable for failed policies in Iraq
5. Failure to conduct Congressional oversight of White House management of Iraq
6. Failure to listen to General Shinseki about troop levels needed in Iraq
7. Failure to honestly account for the fiscal costs of the Iraq War
8. Failure to provide adequate armor to American troops on the front lines in Iraq
9. Failure to prevent or even investigate contract abuse by firms like Halliburton
10. Failure to confront Abu Ghraib so that U.S. troops aren’t further endangered
11. Failure to capture Osama bin Laden
12. Failure to capture Mullah Omar
13. Failure to prevent Somalia from falling to Pro-al Qaeda Islamic extremists
14. Failure to follow through on the war in Afghanistan
15. Failure to secure many terrorist convictions
16. Failure to effectively respond to Hurricane Katrina
17. Failure to secure U.S. ports
18. Failure to adequately fund first responders
19. Failure to adequately address rail security vulnerabilities
20. Failure to secure chemical plants
21. Failure to enact the 9/11 Commissions recommendations
22. Failure to implement radio interoperability measures
23. Failure to curb billions of dollars of contract abuse in the Dept of Homeland Security
24. Failure to conduct Phase II of pre-war intel probe as promised by Chairman Roberts
25. Failure to conduct a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq since 2004
26. Failure to secure the Social Security numbers of 26.5 million veterans
27. Failure to implement key reforms included in 2004 intelligence overhaul
28. Failure to prevent a Pentagon budget shortfall
29. Failure to keep the military at readiness level needed to counter new threats
30. Failure to prevent North Korea from quadrupling its nuclear inventory
31. Failure to further prevent war in the Middle East
32. Failure to stabilize Middle East after Iraq, allowing Iran to expand its influence
33. Failure to improve America’s standing abroad
34. Failure to implement a foreign policy that reduces global instability
35. Failure to stand up to Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation efforts
36. Failure to secure “loose nukes”
37. Failure to prevent Russia’s slide away from democracy
38. Failure to heed warnings that VA was underfunded, resulting in a $1 billion shortfall
39. Failure to provide mandatory funding for veterans’ health care
40. Failure to end record-breaking GOP-created budget deficits
41. Failure to resist the largest expansion in federal spending since Johnson
42. Failure to implement fiscally responsible Pay-As-You-Go legislation
43. Failure to reign in budget-busting earmarks
44. Failure to keep the debt ceiling below $9 trillion
45. Failure to responsibly reform the estate tax
46. Failure to provide a permanent AMT tax fix
47. Failure to stop giving tax breaks to companies that send U.S. jobs abroad
48. Failure to restore job growth to Clinton levels
49. Failure to reduce number of Americans in poverty
50. Failure to increase real household income
51. Failure to reduce income inequality
52. Failure to pass pension reform
53. Failure to pass a minimum wage increase that is viable
54. Failure to prohibit the Bush administration from taking overtime pay from workers
55. Failure to prevent U.S. jobs from moving overseas
56. Failure to hold gas prices in check
57. Failure to reduce reliance on foreign oil
58. Failure to make America a leader in renewable energy
59. Failure to revoke massive tax breaks for oil companies bringing in record profits
60. Failure to enact price gouging legislation
61. Failure to admit that global warming exists
62. Failure to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant as promised
63. Failure to force big polluters to help clean-up the messes they make
64. Failure to reduce power plant pollution
65. Failure to enforce the Clean Air Act
66. Failure to expand embryonic stem cell research
67. Failure to reduce the ranks of the uninsured
68. Failure to put seniors ahead of big drug companies in the new prescription drug bill
69. Failure to keep seniors from falling into a Medicare’s “doughnut hole”
70. Failure to be up-front about the real costs of the Medicare Part D legislation
71. Failure to allow Medicare to use its purchasing power to negotiate lower drug prices
72. Failure to allow seniors to reimport safe prescription drugs from Canada
73. Failure to provide a responsible solution to Social Security
74. Failure to give up on Social Security privatization even though majority oppose it
75. Failure to fix the broken immigration system
76. Failure to keep up with the Clinton Administration’s record on border apprehension
77. Failure to keep up with the Clinton Administration’s record on interior enforcement
78. Failure to pass comprehensive ethics reform even after Jack Abramoff’s guilty plea
79. Failure to close the revolving door between Congress and lobbyists
80. Failure to investigate the CIA leak case
81. Failure to fire any administration official involved in the CIA leak case
82. Failure to make it through a Congress without having a member convicted of bribery
83. Failure to extend the expired college tuition tax credit for middle-class families
84. Failure to make college more affordable
85. Failure to fully fund No Child Left Behind
86. Failure to prepare states to meet the “Highly Qualified Teacher” standards in NCLB
87. Failure to fully fund Special Education
88. Failure to expand Head Start to reach more preschoolers
89. Failure to commit to reducing class size
90. Failure to boost maximum Pell Grant amount as promised
91. Failure to renew the ban on assault weapons
92. Failure to fully fund the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program
93. Failure to appoint an immigration enforcement chief with experience
94. Failure to confront the White House when it’s wrong
95. Failure to resist the urge to pander by diagnosing Terry Schiavo from the Senate floor
96. Failure to implement a plan to reduce abortions by preventing unwanted pregnancies
97. Failure to implement Country of Origin Labeling despite inclusion in 2002 Farm Bill
98. Failure to take adequate steps to prevent country from Mad Cow Disease
99. Failure to focus on issues important to the public instead of pandering to conservatives with wedge issues
100. Failure to give voters any reason to return Republicans to power in 2006
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