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Congress to tread carefully in run-up to election
Associated Press ^ | 9/13/10 | Jim Abrams

Posted on 09/12/2010 9:55:16 AM PDT by ruralvoter

Congress returns this week with embattled Democrats torn between trying to show they have the economic answers and fearing the further wrath of voters over new government programs. It appears the fears will win out.

The inbox is overflowing as lawmakers end their summer recess and undertake four weeks of writing and trying to pass bills before leaving town ahead of the Nov. 2 election: Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire at year's end; annual spending bills await action;

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; deficit; senate; tax

1 posted on 09/12/2010 9:55:18 AM PDT by ruralvoter
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To: ruralvoter

Thye will wait until Lady Liberty is no longer awake and then assault her in her sleep.


2 posted on 09/12/2010 9:57:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: ruralvoter

Throw the BUMS OUT! Pathetic spendaholic LOSERS! Fools who have BANKRUPTED the US.


3 posted on 09/12/2010 10:23:11 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: ruralvoter
Turns out Bill Clinton was wrong when he told Dems voting
for Ocare was the key to winning a permanent Dem majority.


4 posted on 09/12/2010 10:27:14 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
The dims are SOOOO screwed.

And, soon many a RINO will meet the same fate. This is not you average wave election.

This is a sea change...and Nov 2nd will show the beginnings of a wholesale shift in the electorate.

And YES, the American people are fed up with spenders from BOTH parties. It's just that the dims are the greater threat THIS TIME.

5 posted on 09/12/2010 10:51:11 AM PDT by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: Mariner

6 posted on 09/12/2010 10:55:42 AM PDT by Liz
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To: ruralvoter

This congress NEEDS to get out of town.

Someone get some rope.
Anyone gots some hot tar and a whole passel of feathers?

Quit spending MY money ya socialist fools.


7 posted on 09/12/2010 11:19:04 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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