Reagan had a Democratic Congress
swinney
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Thu Jun-10-04 03:48 PM
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| Reagan had a Democratic Congress |
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In searching Yahoo today I came across that statement twice as explanation for his fiscal duds.
Ronald Reagan had a Republican Senate for six of his eight years.
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| BillZBubb
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Thu Jun-10-04 04:01 PM
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| 1. Another rightwing lie to excuse the failure! |
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Not only did the Repugs control the Senate, but they had de facto control in the house because of traitors like Phil Gramm. There were about twenty hard core DINO's in the house that voted with Reagan on everything.
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Thu Jun-10-04 04:06 PM
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| 3. Two more things to remember: |
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Edited on Thu Jun-10-04 04:06 PM by trotsky
1) Congress never spent as much as Reagan initially requested in his budgets.
2) Reagan could have vetoed any budget he wanted to.
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| theboss
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Thu Jun-10-04 04:05 PM
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| 2. Dems took back the Senate in 84 |
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