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FEC Fight Rife With Symbolism

By Matthew Murray
Roll Call Staff
Jan. 15, 2008, Midnight

Democrats in the late 1980s had Reagan White House Supreme Court choice Robert Bork to knock around. Half a decade later, Republicans made political hay over the nomination of “quota queen” Lani Guinier, President Bill Clinton’s doomed pick for assistant attorney general.

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House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica conducts a committee markup hearing of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act on Feb. 2.

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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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