Congress Says: "It will not work this summer"
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Their abbreviated election-year calendar leaves little time to cut deals. Lawmakers will scatter again in August for their annual monthlong break and the two parties' presidential conventions.
"There just isn't much sand left in the top of the hourglass," said Stephen Hess, a Brookings Institution congressional scholar. "They've done whatever heavy lifting they're capable of doing."
In the time that remains, leaders intend to act on an array of politically appealing legislation. Examples include banning lead in toys and approving an ambitious global health initiative — a $50 billion program to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and elsewhere.
"Whose interest is it to settle anything now?" Hess said.
"First, though, lawmakers have to break a logjam over Republican Sen. John Ensign's bid to add $8 billion worth of renewable energy tax breaks. Then leaders have to resolve disputes among Democrats and with the White House about important details."
"I think we can get us a bill," Bush said recently. "But it's going to require less politics..."
The terrorist surveillance legislation faces fewer obstacles. It is expected to win approval Tuesday for Bush's signature.
Good thing they have time to take away more of our liberties and freedom before they go on vacation!
"There just isn't much sand left in the top of the hourglass," said Stephen Hess, a Brookings Institution congressional scholar. "They've done whatever heavy lifting they're capable of doing."
In the time that remains, leaders intend to act on an array of politically appealing legislation. Examples include banning lead in toys and approving an ambitious global health initiative — a $50 billion program to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and elsewhere.
"Whose interest is it to settle anything now?" Hess said.
"First, though, lawmakers have to break a logjam over Republican Sen. John Ensign's bid to add $8 billion worth of renewable energy tax breaks. Then leaders have to resolve disputes among Democrats and with the White House about important details."
"I think we can get us a bill," Bush said recently. "But it's going to require less politics..."
The terrorist surveillance legislation faces fewer obstacles. It is expected to win approval Tuesday for Bush's signature.
Good thing they have time to take away more of our liberties and freedom before they go on vacation!
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