Dems to push Obama's goals with bills in Congress
Oh goody for us.
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
Friday, June 6, 2008
(06-06) 15:42 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --
Between now and Election Day, Democrats say they will use Congress to showcase the kinds of change promised by their presidential candidate, Barack Obama.
Some legislation they'll choose has good prospects of passage — policy blueprints for higher education and the military; a ban on lead in toys — and skip over debates on spending plans and some taxes until a new president takes office.
Other bills they'll debate are doomed. But on those, the point isn't passage this year. It's about making the case that the Democrats' plan for children's health care, for example, won't become law without one of their own in the White House.
Whatever legislation Democrats offer, it will have been vetted for the benefit of the Obama campaign as is traditional between the congressional majority and its presidential candidate.
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