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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI will be so happy when the next congress comes in. Even though we don't have the house, we picked
Up seats, and just maybe there are a few less crazies where we might be able to influence them.
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I will be so happy when the next congress comes in. Even though we don't have the house, we picked (Original Post)
still_one
Dec 2012
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msongs
(67,438 posts)1. great reason to wait til jan before cutting any deals nt
elleng
(131,083 posts)2. Yes, and maybe the tenor will change for the better.
Not a student of such things, but I suspect each Congress differs from others. Surely this one is different from previous ones. Hope next is to our benefit.
still_one
(92,381 posts)3. I have to hope it cannot be worse than this one
JasonGWB
(21 posts)4. Here are three reasons why the next Congress will be better than the last:
1. Elizabeth Warren
2. Tammy Baldwin
3. Chris Murphy
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)5. And three even better reasons...
1. No Scott Brown.
2. No Joe Walsh.
3. No Allen West.