politics.theatlantic.com - 2/15/2009
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So far, the experiences of Obama and Clinton are similar in one respect. Not a single House or Senate Republican voted for Clinton's economic agenda in 1993, either on initial passage or when it returned to each chamber from a House-Senate conference committee. Every House Republican opposed ...
huffingtonpost.com - 2/16/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Usually, in war and politics, the victor writes
the history. In the case of the soon-to-be-signed stimulus...
package, however, neither side is admitting defeat. Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to mold success out of what ...
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"The House GOP Is Back": Republicans Promote Stimulus ...
dcexaminer.com - 2/12/2009
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dcexaminer.com —
Who will investigate the Obama administration? By Byron
York Chief political correspondent 2/12/09 The census controversy brings...
the first test of accountability and oversight in the new administration Rep. Darrell Issa is not working from a position ...
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... , "The American people know, and historians are judging, that this is one remarkable president." Democratic presidents have not always gotten along quite so well with Democratic lawmakers. Carter and congressional Dems repeatedly clashed, and Clinton, at least early on, occasionally struggled with his own party's caucuses, even on his prosperity-setting economic agenda in 1993. Obama is enjoying the kind of support a Democratic president hasn't seen since LBJ. Ron Brownstein pondered why this is , and comes up with some compelling reasons. Democratic lobbyist Steve Elmendorf, ...
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