tangent4ronpaul
09-05-2011, 05:33 AM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/05/usa-congress-idUSN1E77S1EG20110905
A highly unpopular U.S. Congress returns to work from a month-long recess this week facing a crush of challenges -- from creating jobs to expanding U.S. trade to finding another $1.2 trillion or so in spending cuts.
With voters demanding more compromise and less acrimony in Washington, lawmakers are under pressure to find elusive common ground with Democratic President Barack Obama on these and other matters, such as taxes, regulations and disaster aid.
The Democratic-led Senate returns on Tuesday, with the Republican-led House of Representatives back to work the next day. Opinion polls, taken in the aftermath of the bitter U.S. debt ceiling showdown last month, put Congress' approval rating at a record low of about 12 percent.
Here is a look at what's on their legislative agenda:
(What follows is a laundry list of Congressional mischief we should expect in the coming months - click through! )
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A highly unpopular U.S. Congress returns to work from a month-long recess this week facing a crush of challenges -- from creating jobs to expanding U.S. trade to finding another $1.2 trillion or so in spending cuts.
With voters demanding more compromise and less acrimony in Washington, lawmakers are under pressure to find elusive common ground with Democratic President Barack Obama on these and other matters, such as taxes, regulations and disaster aid.
The Democratic-led Senate returns on Tuesday, with the Republican-led House of Representatives back to work the next day. Opinion polls, taken in the aftermath of the bitter U.S. debt ceiling showdown last month, put Congress' approval rating at a record low of about 12 percent.
Here is a look at what's on their legislative agenda:
(What follows is a laundry list of Congressional mischief we should expect in the coming months - click through! )
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