Posted on 01/03/2011 9:01:54 AM PST by tobyhill
Even if the next two years end in congressional gridlock, Republicans hope to build a record that demonstrates to voters in 2012 that they can get it right.
The GOP is promising to use the new Congress that convenes Wednesday to cut spending, roll back President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and prevent unelected bureaucrats from expanding the government's role in society through regulations that tell people what they must or can't do.
Passing their top priorities may be easier in the House, where Republicans hold a 241-194 majority. It will be harder in the Senate where Democrats still hold an edge, though smaller than the one Obama had during his first two years in the White House.
But if the GOP agenda fails to change the lives of Americans, it could still prove to have a greater impact on next year's elections.
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DE-FUND!!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2623044/posts
Close one! I almost read this, and then noticed that the source is pMSNBC.
Bingo but the GOP is trying to bamboozle us into thinking to starve the beast is some long drawn out process.
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