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Democrats to Sell ‘Better’ America in Recess
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Dec 20, 2005 11:23am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, December 20, 2005 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff
December 20, 2005
Weary House Democrats left town early Monday morning accusing majority Republicans of fostering corruption and having the wrong priorities, and vowing to spend the coming recess trying to convince voters that they have a plan to make the country better.
Few, if any, Members remained in Washington, D.C., after the House adjourned sine die at 6:27 a.m. Monday, anxious to begin their holiday break and hoping to avoid a return to business before late January. Democrats went home disillusioned by the passage of a 2005 GOP agenda that they had little power to block, but hopeful that when they return next year they can begin to put forth a 2006 platform worthy of winning back the House in November.
“Our message is that America can do better — not only in our saying that ‘together America can do better,’ but also in our conviction,” said Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the Caucus vice chairman and chairman-in-waiting, said in a telephone interview that the first half of the 109th Congress has ended at its lowest point — with the GOP pushing through ill-advised tax cuts that benefit the wealthy and $40 billion in reductions to key programs for the needy. Those policies come on the heels of the Bush administration’s botched handling of Hurricane Katrina, he said.
“As we went through this year, they kept cashing in and going downward and downward and downward,” Clyburn said of the GOP. |
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