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The Honeymoon Is Over
June 18, 2007 issue

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The article discusses the effect that the Democratic majority is having in the U.S. Congress and Senate on political progressives. The progressives were, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, able to raise the minimum wage, but other measures have been delayed like allowing Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers for lower drug prices. Even though some are disappointed with the efforts of the Democrat-lead Congress, the author feels that they are still better than Republicans.

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DEMOCRATIC Party (U.S.); REPUBLICAN Party (U.S. : 1854- ); POLITICAL community; EDITORIALS; PELOSI, Nancy, 1940-; MINIMUM wage; MEDICARE; UNITED States
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