[Vision2020] Fw: And so it begins!!

Pat Kraut pkraut at moscow.com
Wed Jan 3 10:05:13 PST 2007 

I am sorry this should read nonpartisonship.

Ah! But there was all that talk after the election of integrity,
partisonship, working with each other, honesty etc etc. So now we know for
sure...Pelosi is a liar!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And so it begins!!


Yeah, right!  Like the Republicans haven't and wouldn't do this!

Get real...anytime one party or the other can get things done without the
other - they do it.  Simple fact of politics.



J  :]





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>Subject: [Vision2020] And so it begins!!
>Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 10:19:13 -0800
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>As they prepare to take control of Congress this week and face up to
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>House Democrats intend to pass a raft of popular measures as part of their
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>Democrats now say they will use House rules to prevent the opposition from
>offering alternative measures, assuring speedy passage of the bills and
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>Nancy Pelosi, the Californian who will become House speaker, and Steny H.
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