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Economic Issues Will Share Center Stage With Iraq

By Steven T. Dennis and Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 3, 2007, Midnight

After a year marked by partisan gridlock as the White House and the Democratic Congress joust over spending priorities and the Iraq War, next year’s legislative agenda will likely see more of the same, but with an even greater emphasis on pocketbook issues.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

Economic Issues Will Share Center Stage With Iraq

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