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Government

Sep. 9, 1999

Returning Congress Faces Full Plate

WASHINGTON - Washington's traditional summer slumber has ended, and many lawmakers probably wish they could hit the snooze button. For, like school kids with term papers looming all semester, Congress once again has put off until the last minute conducting its basic business while taking on more and more extracurricular activities. The result - considering how intensely partisan the atmosphere was here before the August recess and that elections are approaching - is not likely to be pretty.

By Daniel A. Shaw
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - Washington's traditional summer slumber has ended, and many lawmakers probably wish they could hit the snooze button.
        For, like school kids with term papers looming all semester, Congress once again has put ...

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