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Parties Expect One-Seat Margins on Senate Panels

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 15, 2006, Midnight

Informal negotiations between Senate Democratic and Republican leaders over the structure of the next Congress likely will result in a deal nearly identical to one used in the 108th Congress, giving Democrats one-seat committee majorities, Senate aides said Tuesday.

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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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