Interesting Question over at DCP - What do You think?

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A New Year, A New Congress, and The First 100 Hours

On Thursday, January 4, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California will take the gavel as the first woman speaker in the history of the House and immediately launch her promised 100-hour campaign to change the way Congress does business in America.

According to Rep. Pelosi, "Democrats are prepared to govern and ready to lead." And the new Speaker is certainly ready to lead her House colleagues in an ambitious program to put a new Democratic stamp on what she insists will no longer be the same old Congress.

Here's a quick refresher on what constitutes Rep. Pelosi's agenda for The First 100 Hours, courtesy of Scott Shepard from Cox News' Washington bureau:


"DRAIN THE SWAMP"

- Prohibit the receipt of gifts, including meals, entertainment and travel, from lobbyists.

- Ban travel on corporate jets.

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What do you think? Will the new Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives be able to accomplish all these legislative tasks and meet Rep. Pelosi's ambitious deadline for The First 100 Hours? Will they be able to overcome the partisan intractablity of their Republican colleagues in Congress? Do you think that their time could be better spent pursuing other legislation -- and if so, what do you believe their agenda should be instead?

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Read the full blog entry over here and give them your opinion;

http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2007/01/new_year_new_co.html#more

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1. Excellent blog post. I saw it but I'm not sure of my response yet.