Said Stanzel: “I would raise those issues because it raises the question, what does Congress want to do? Do they want to pass legislation for the American people or would they rather investigate and have politics be the course of the day? 

“I would say they have a lot to show in terms of activity and requests and letter-writing, and that sort of thing, but not much to show in the way of real legislation, whether it’s legislation on healthcare, education, comprehensive immigration reform,” Stanzel added. He also noted that Democrats have so far passed only six major bills. 

Stanzel made the charges in response to a question about the latest congressional inquiry on what basis President Bush is invoking executive privilege in order to keep some documents related to the firing of several U.S. attorneys from investigators.