Dobbs: New Congress must show courage
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Victorious Democrats will, with the opening of the 110th Congress, have a historic opportunity to right the course of a country that has been hell-bent on permitting free-trade corporatists and faith-based economics to bankrupt the nation.
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The best the President could accomplish, on his trip to Capitol Hill, was get some Senators to keep an open mind
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House Democrats have defied the White House in a battle between civil liberties and national security. And GOP candidates are looking forward to making it an election issue
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Democrats poised to take control of Congress say they'll work to implement the unfinished business the 9/11 Commission recommended to better protect America from terrorists. But it won't be easy.
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The strange sound of bipartisanship has gripped the returning Congress, thanks to fears of recession. But the two parties will be battling over other issues soon
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WASHINGTON _ Young people can make a difference in politics, Sen.
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Faced with pressures to deal with a spate of unanticipated natural disasters as well as with the election-year needs of dozens of key constituencies, Congress moved this week
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The new Congress is brimming with veterans ascending to glittery positions of power and glitzy newcomers demanding the spotlight for themselves.
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Vignettes from the first day of the 109th Congress:
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Democratic lawmakers vow to come roaring out of the blocks when they assume control of the next Congress, passing several top-priority bills in the first 100 hours. Absent from that list, however, are the knottiest problems that bedeviled the outgoing Congress, including immigration, domestic surveillance and the war in Iraq....
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Comment is free: Gary Younge:  The Democrats need to represent the swelling ranks of have-nots as vigorously as Bush has stuck up for the haves.
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Regardless of who wins the White House on Tuesday, the success of the newly elected president will depend in large part on whether Republicans or Democrats control Congress.
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At first blush, the treatment given to Michael Dobbs&#39; page-one swift-boat article in Sunday&#39;s Washington Post seems at least vaguely reassuring.
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Flush from their victories in this month&#39;s elections, President Bush and Republicans in Congress must now show that they&#39;re capable of governing.
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Faced with an uphill battle to win back the majority they lost a decade ago and worried that the public doesn't know where they stand, House Democrats Wednesday will unveil a platform of six "core values" they hope will give voters a reason to support them in November.
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Ten rising stars to watch in the 109th Congress:
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WASHINGTON - Congress returns from its August recess Tuesday vowing to rush through a bundle of important bills before the November election.