A Cleansing
Midnight in the DC suburbs, Virginia to be precise, and rain is cleansing the earth. It's hard not to think about the cleansing of Congress that has happened.
Many races are still unclear. Here in Virginia, Democrat Jim Webb holds a tiny lead (barely over 2,000 votes) over Republican Senator George Allen. A few other key Senate races are too close to call and dozens of possibly defining House races out West are yet to be called or even counted. That being said, it seems that the House of Representatives will be controlled by Democrats, with a margin of somewhere in the neighborhood of 30-40 seats, while the partisan divide in the Senate will tighten.
One thing is clear however, and that is that a change has been called for. Elitist economic policies, unilateral and stubborn foreign policy is getting us nowhere, and the vile stench of corruption needs to be scrubbed from the Hill.
What will a new Democratic House take up as its priorities? What role will liberals play in those policies? We'll find out soon, but a quick look at the potential House Democratic Committee Chairmanships will show us solid liberals. Many of those Members are part of the Progressive Caucus and are even ADA members.
ADA has some ideas about what we'd like to see Congress focus on. Members from around the country formed the ADA Agenda this summer and we hope to work with the new Congress to enact it. You can read the ADA Agenda for 2006-2007 HERE.
Many races are still unclear. Here in Virginia, Democrat Jim Webb holds a tiny lead (barely over 2,000 votes) over Republican Senator George Allen. A few other key Senate races are too close to call and dozens of possibly defining House races out West are yet to be called or even counted. That being said, it seems that the House of Representatives will be controlled by Democrats, with a margin of somewhere in the neighborhood of 30-40 seats, while the partisan divide in the Senate will tighten.
One thing is clear however, and that is that a change has been called for. Elitist economic policies, unilateral and stubborn foreign policy is getting us nowhere, and the vile stench of corruption needs to be scrubbed from the Hill.
What will a new Democratic House take up as its priorities? What role will liberals play in those policies? We'll find out soon, but a quick look at the potential House Democratic Committee Chairmanships will show us solid liberals. Many of those Members are part of the Progressive Caucus and are even ADA members.
ADA has some ideas about what we'd like to see Congress focus on. Members from around the country formed the ADA Agenda this summer and we hope to work with the new Congress to enact it. You can read the ADA Agenda for 2006-2007 HERE.
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