Political stakes high as U.S. Congress returns »

Posted By Progressive 7 months, 1 week ago in Political News

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WASHINGTON, April 19 (Reuters) - Barack Obama's presidency
has been a wild ride for the U.S. Congress and lawmakers are
bracing for more turbulence when they begin returning on Monday
to tackle an array of tough issues from healthcare to energy.

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    Endoscopy7 months, 1 week ago

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    The significan line is "If the economy doesn't turn around, (voters) are going to remember it was bad when Obama came in and he has done nothing for me and therefore I'm voting Republican."

    This economy is Obama's. His stimulus package made it his. If it does not turn around he will be a lame duck president in 2010.

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      calitennflo7 months, 1 week ago

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      Politics involve a jurisdiction of the politic, and a nation is a group of politically oriented people. That jurisdiction was clearly defined in the 14th amendment...and they are troubled today, because they did not follow it...the orders of the 1st section of the 14th amendment.
      Immunities today are defined:Exemptions, usually attached to an estate. They could be financial (from certain taxes) or judicial (alowing the landlord to judge his tenants for ...
      www.geocities.com/leucretia/bginfo/glossary.html
      In Noah Webster's day, he defined it more clearly, He would have said...exempt from tax, license fees, teriffs, etc...privileged.

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        MisterX7 months, 1 week ago

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        I hope they take notice of the tea parties before they vote on the environmental and online retail taxes.

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