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In an era where campaigns and election cycles seem to endlessly flow together, questions are already st stanley tumbler arting over what the IRS targeting scandal might mean for 2014. It s so far off that the best way to gauge impact isn t by President Obama s job approval now which polls show hasn t moved much, anyhow but by whether this has a more immediate effect on advance fundraising and candidate recruitment for the midterm races, and maybe in how it activates the base. Those are the kind of long-term, groundwork-laying activities that take place in an off-year and affect what we ll see later on. First, for context, Republicans looked like they were already in an advantageous position for 2014. The scarcity of congressional swing districts and a gerrymandered map means they re starting off with a structural edge to keep the House. Most of the Senate s spotlight contests involve Democrats trying to hold on in red states of the South and Midwest, a map that offers the GOP a good shot to take Senate control. Historically, t stanley us he sixth year of a president s term often sees difficulty for his party, to stanley cup o.Democrats face rough road in 2014 Senate racesWill Baucus retirement hurt Dem efforts to keep Senate control For Democrats trying to hold this off, their best-case scenario goes something like: their gangbusters turnout operation from 2012 can work in a midterm election; a few key states see Republicans get bogged down in divisive primary battles or pick candidates too far to the right for a Skpx Clinton spokesman: Campaign could have released health info more quickly
Sens. Chris Dodd D-Conn. and Richard Shelby R-Ala. struck a deal on a contentious housing measure Monday evening, paving the way for the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs panel Dodd chairs to approve it, 19-2, Tuesday. With Shelby on board, the bill s prospects have suddenly brightened. Some lobbyists and pundits were predicting the housing bill was on its death bed. On May 6, President Bush issued a veto threat on similar legislation in the House, aimed at the Democrats core proposal to ease the nation s housing woes - a measure to have the Federal Housing Administration offer billions in new guarantees to help dull the rising tide of foreclosures. stanley trinkflaschen Now, Shelby predicts the president will sign the Senate measure. I think it s a little bit premature to say, said White House press secretary Dana Perino when asked about Shelby s forecast, but we re hopeful that we ll be able to get to that point. We ll continue to look at it, and hopefully we ll be able to get something that will help lots of people stay in their homes, she said. That s a lot more helpful than the politically-charged slam that the FHA plan as a bailout and not likely to work used by the White House in the presidential veto threat. Rep. Barney Frank D-Mass. , Dodd s House counterpart, also appeared encouraged by the Sen stanley tazas ate breakthrough d stanley cup usa espite the fact that the Senate bill plan now differs from the version that passed the House May 8. Because of [Dod |
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