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Congress Split Down the Middle |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--THE MEANING OF THE 2000 ELECTIONS |
| Author: Donald Lambro |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2001 |
| Size: 1,762 Words, 10,779 Characters |
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Like the bitterly contested presidential election results in Florida that for a time plunged America into division, doubt, and despair, the new 107th Congress is split right down the middle.
Reflecting a politically conflicted electorate that is torn between two sharply competing philosophies of government--the big government, big-spending, liberal agenda of the Democrats versus the more conservative, tax-cutting, limited-government agenda offered by the Republicans--the House and Senate are now more divided than they have been in at least a century.
The unexpected shocker of the 2000 congressional elections is which house experienced the biggest political changeover. With the Democrats seven seats away from winning control of the House of Representatives, Republicans managed to hold them largely at bay, suffering only a one-seat loss. Though the Republican majority is slightly weaker, the political situation in the House has not changed much. The GOP has a good chance of expanding its majority two years from now.
Senate Republicans, however, who...
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...ht years of partisan warfare betweeen the White House and Congress.
For the first time in memory, a Republican Congress will be able to pass legislation with the certainty that it will be signed into law. If the GOP can hold ranks on some key bills, as it has shown in the past that it can do, this could be one of the most productive Congresses since Lyndon Johnson's Great Society days.
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