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Power shift in U.S. Congress hobbles Bush as Americans warm

PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:15 am
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Power shift in U.S. Congress hobbles Bush as Americans warm up to 2008 vote« Thread Started on Dec 25, 2006, 9:04pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Monday, December 25th, 2006Power shift in U.S. Congress hobbles Bush as Americans warm up to 2008 voteWASHINGTON (CP) - It's a whole new world on Capitol Hill. Democrats will be sitting in the big offices, heading the committees and setting the agenda in Congress in the new year. And many Republicans who once solidly backed President George W. Bush aren't believers anymore. How does this new reality look from the White House at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue? Not good at all. Bush is grappling with the startling loss of Republican confidence and dominance in Congress after a spectacular thumping in November's mid-term elections. Americans fed up with the president and the war in Iraq dumped many of the incumbent Republicans, shattering a lock on congressional power they had enjoyed for most of the last 12 years. read at source> http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=37191