No doubt,I just
hope their new majorities will result in Dream acts passage.
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"We'll be in good shape," said a Democratic aide, citing a list of measures that Senate Republicans filibustered and that Democrats now figure they can pass.
They include legislation to:
* Give residents of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C., a full-voting representative in the U.S. House. It presently has no voting rights in Congress.
* Allow the government to negotiate with companies the prices of drugs covered under the Medicare program for the elderly.
* Overhaul U.S. immigration policy with a guest temporary guest worker program and border security.
* Mandate that U.S. military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan be allowed to remain at home for the same amount of time they spent in battle.
* Reverse a U.S. Supreme Court decision that made it tougher for workers to sue for pay discrimination.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has warned Obama and Democrats to watch their step. He said it would be a mistake from them to try to jam through the Senate "a laundry list of left-wing proposals."
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It seems increasingly clear they will be trying another CIR bill.