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Democrats were ousted mainly because of the policy items that Pelosi is leaving on the table for this lame-duck. Congress must pass only one main item: a temporary spending bill that prevents a government shut-down. If they don't pass a bill on the Bush tax cuts, however, no one will be happy. That issue is at the front of the national agenda, and is an item on which many new Members have campaigned.
In the more immediate future, three bills will be on the table in the Senate on of Wednesday: the Food Safety Modernization Act; the Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act; and the Paycheck Fairness Act. Democratic aids are reportedly unsure as to which of those bills would gain the requisite 60 votes to begin debate. Meanwhile, the new class of incoming Congressmen will sit through days and days of orientations and introductions, inside the halls of Congress and out. As Guy
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