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By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAs members of Congress return to Capitol Hill on Monday for the final leg of the lame-duck session, they do so knowing that the next several weeks represent the last days of dominance for Democrats in Washington for the foreseeable future. Unlike the first two years of the Obama administration, when the president's party wielded huge majorities in both houses of Congress, Democrats now face a future without the chairmanships of key committees in the House or the votes in either chamber to pass bills without significant bipartisan support. With their power slipping away, Democrats are now ...
Rhode Island Plans 12 Days of Government Shutdowns
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyRhode Island is taking a page from Chicago's handbook. Gov. Don Carcieri announced Monday that the state will schedule 12 days of government shutdowns, becoming the latest in a string of state and local jurisdictions to scale back during the recession. The closings will occur between the first week of September this year and July 2010. Some services -- including the police -- will continue to operate. "There are going to be inconveniences for the public, and there are going to be sacrifices, as I said, for state employees," Carcieri told the AP. Though he said the shutdowns are "unavoidable ...
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