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WASHINGTON -- Back-to-back legislative setbacks last week raised questions about President Bush's clout in Congress and his effectiveness for the rest of his term.
On Monday, a bipartisan group of moderates forced the Republican- controlled Senate to compromise on the president's judicial nominees. On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives ignored Bush's veto threat and voted to expand federal stem cell research involving human embryos.See the full content of this document
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Bush's Clout Seems to Be Vanishing Quickly
Neither vote was a clear-cut defeat for Bush, but taken together, they remind that the president is racing against time. At risk is his ambitious agenda, including big changes to Social Security, an overhaul of the federal tax...
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