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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ColtonGang who wrote (167378)	8/3/2001 2:50:29 AM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 769669

And while Bush's two big House victories were good news for his presidency, the bad news is it's doubtful a smoother path lies ahead. His energy bill faces much tougher sledding in the Democrat-controlled Senate. House Republicans will have to reconcile their patients' rights bill with a Senate version that sparked Bush's veto threat. And the fall legislative agenda is littered with issues--including a measure to give the president expanded trade power and appropriation bills that routinely threaten to bust budget constraints--that will continue to test Bush's ability to put together winning coalitions. James Thurber, a presidential scholar at Washington's American University, cautions that this will be especially challenging given the political realities of a closely divided Congress. "The tax-initiative coalition was very different from the education-initiative coalition," Thurber noted. "On every issue, he has to start over and build a new one."

To: ColtonGang who wrote (167378)	8/3/2001 8:56:57 AM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

Seems like a good bi-partisan vote. Oh thats right, I keep forgeting its only bi-partisan when republicans join democrats. DOH ! You call the GOP sheep, which is funny since it is you that characterized the Dems as sheep: Message 16129311 And what about the party line vote in the senate over the nomination of Ms. Gall. Especially hypocritcal since all the dems voted for her re-appointment in 1999.

To: ColtonGang who wrote (167378)	8/3/2001 3:30:11 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769669

The enormous HMO soft money to the GOP has been rewarded. I'm sure many backroom deals were made to help fund re-election campaigns with soft money for this cave-in to special interests at the expense of consumers. It's always the consumer getting screwed when the Republicans carry the ball. The consumer and the environment. It's really a wonder to me why any one outside their special interest groups can vote for these stinkers. Clearly they are costing us all money, corrupting the political system, stealing as much as they can, lying about it shamelessly and their #1 aim seems to be to pollute and plunder the global environment for profit. Although Bush's sinking poll numbers are encouraging (people finally waking up) we definitely need a Watergate type investigation to bring this all out into daylight. And I think we will get one. But the guilty are not going to cooperate easily. They have to be dragged in kicking and screaming. If the evidence comes out many will be fined, sent home and even imprisoned. If you think that can't happen just remember Watergate. All the President's Men went to prison or resigned first. This group is even more corrupt than Nixon's, and aims much bigger with their ripoffs.