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  • For Democrats, 110th A Mixed Bag Of Accomplishments

    10/06/2008 12:41:52 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 12 replies · 359+ views
    CQPolitics.com on Yahoo.com ^ | 10/6/08 | Catharine Richert
    As the 110th Congress comes to a close, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he's feeling pretty good about the work he and his colleagues accomplished. "Democrats were able to achieve many things for the American people," he said, offering as examples raising the minimum wage, increasing funding for veterans and helping consumers in a struggling economy. Add to that list new lobbying rules, an energy bill, a farm bill, and most recently an economic recover package. But as significant as those new laws are, Democrats have just as long a list of priorities they were not able to bring...