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Clint
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Is the new Congress going to be able to get anything done?

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HOUSE DIVIDED: CONGRESS 'MOST POLARIZED IN CENTURY'

Sun Jan 02 2005 08:44:19 ET

Congress hasn’t been this polarized in almost a century, TIME magazinr claims in fresh editions.

In the Senate, majority leader Bill Frist is seeking a ruling from presiding officer Dick Cheney that filibusters against judicial nominees are unconstitutional.

In the House, speaker Dennis Hastert and minority leader Nancy Pelosi have not had a private meal together since she took over the top Democratic job two years ago. “Each thinks the other is a rabid partisan, so they confer only when they must,” Waller reports.
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How can one tell if the gov. doing nothing is the result of polerization or just the usual doing nothing that the people of the U.S. have witnessed for the last 50 years?
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Clint wrote: Is the new Congress going to be able to get anything done?

Drudge Report:

HOUSE DIVIDED: CONGRESS 'MOST POLARIZED IN CENTURY'

Sun Jan 02 2005 08:44:19 ET

Congress hasn’t been this polarized in almost a century, TIME magazinr claims in fresh editions.

In the Senate, majority leader Bill Frist is seeking a ruling from presiding officer Dick Cheney that filibusters against judicial nominees are unconstitutional.

In the House, speaker Dennis Hastert and minority leader Nancy Pelosi have not had a private meal together since she took over the top Democratic job two years ago. “Each thinks the other is a rabid partisan, so they confer only when they must,” Waller reports.
Could this be a good thing? I for one feel that our legislators do nothing but create red-tape and new laws for every little thing. Unforunately, every new law/entitlement = bigger government and more federal spending.

This is a reactionary statement - but it's how I'm feeling this morning!
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Tombstone wrote: Could this be a good thing? I for one feel that our legislators do nothing but create red-tape and new laws for every little thing. Unforunately, every new law/entitlement = bigger government and more federal spending.

This is a reactionary statement - but it's how I'm feeling this morning!


I feel your pain.
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