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CongressNow: Obama Has a Budget Man on Duty in Senate

One Democrat rode the slogan “The change we need” to a seat in the Senate. The other hopes to make it to the White House with the slogan “Change you can believe in.” Perhaps it’s not a surprise that the two would become close, forging a friendship in the Senate that could bridge the White House and Capitol Hill, especially on budget issues, if the Democrats win the 2008 presidential election.

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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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30 Hill Aides to Know

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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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