About face for Dems: About Time! - Democratic Underground

lvasconcellos

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Mon Jan-08-07 03:04 PM
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About face for Dems: About Time!

Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 03:09 PM by lvasconcellos

Democratic leaders who had hoped to emphasize their domestic agenda in the opening weeks of Congress have concluded that Iraq will share top billing, and they plan on aggressively confronting administration officials this week in a series of hearings.

Pushed by House members who want a quick, tough response to the Iraq strategy President Bush is expected to announce this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has backed off from her initial assertion that nothing should detract attention from the legislation she hopes to pass in the first 100 hours of House debate.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/07/AR2007010701097_pf.html

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Tom Joad

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Mon Jan-08-07 03:09 PM
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1. Maybe Rahm will have to come up with a position? Nahh. can't admit

he loved the iraq war, not too loudly.

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