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<p>WASHINGTON -- As Congress limps toward adjournment, the rancor between Republicans and Democrats is palpable on Capitol Hill, and much of the people's business is languishing. A Medicare prescription-drug plan is stalled. An energy bill has been bottled up for weeks in a conference committee. And filibusters are everywhere.</p>

Friday, Aug. 2, 2002Congress to Blame for Stock Market's "Dismal Performance” The economy is in good, "if not great" shape, yet the stock market's "recent performance remains dismal" write TechCentralStation.com's James K. Glassman and John R. Lott Jr. who blame the situation on Congress. In their article, "The Dow Congress," Glassman, a member of the President's Council On The 21st Century Workforce, and famed gun researcher Lott ask what is the explanation for a stock market decline in the face of a good economy and plenty of good economic news? Their answer: "politicians have entered the fray ..." Congress,...