Well, President Bush got to make a bit of history with the first-ever State of the Union speech that began with the words Madam Speaker — a fact that he graciously pointed out as soon as he took the podium last Tuesday night. Among other things, he also proposed a health care plan which, while [...]

 

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I suppose it’s possible that there’s just something in the air that makes people serving in Congress slowly lose their minds, but I doubt it. And maybe the fault could lie in House Democrats trying to score rhetorical brownie points on the backs of Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans and President Bush. Maybe those Democrats, smarting [...]

 

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