"ready to take on" sounds more like the beginning of the funnel. "hasn't passed a thing" sounds like the end of a Congressional funnel. edit: this just purely

"ready to take on" sounds more like the beginning of the funnel. "hasn't passed a thing" sounds like the end of a Congressional funnel. edit: this just purely a retort about the specific complaint of the parent. I don't deny that Congress hasn't actually done much useful to forward the policy changes I would deem desirable here.