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Senators See No End to Vitriol

By Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 9, 2006, Midnight

From the leadership to the rank- and-file, Senators have approached the second session of the 109th Congress with knives drawn, and many foresee a year marked more by partisan infighting rather than legislative accomplishment.

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February 9, 2012

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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