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Bush Unlikely to Push Big Policy Agenda in ’08

By Jennifer Bendery
CongressNow Staff
Dec. 3, 2007, Midnight

Don’t expect any bold legislative ideas from the Bush administration in 2008, a year Congressional observers are painting as one likely to be marked by partisan gridlock and few legislative accomplishments with Democratic leaders focusing on winning the White House.

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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.

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