Behind the Curtain: Epic fall(s), Grab a chair: Congress is about to get as fascinating and powerful as it gets. "In the next two months, the most unpopular institution in America will decide the fates of a president’s power, a military strike, defense contracts, the budget, health-care implementation, the Federal Reserve chairmanship, illegal immigrants, and all of us who would be hit by a debt default. It will be bitter, ugly, extremely high stakes and in every case wildly unpredictable. “In 33 years, we’ve never come back from summer break with the number of very critical, important issues that we’re going to confront over the next 90 to 120 days,” House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told us. “It’s an amazing time.” Based on talking to the smartest members and aides we know, Republicans and Democrats alike feel the Syria resolution would not pass today, even after party leaders endorsed it."
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 03:11:15 +0000
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