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...Butler likened the rare fact that the party of a sitting president gained contested seats and took control of the Senate to the beginning of a successful long-term presidential run—like the Reagan administration...
...constituent support for his party will give Bush the mandate to push his agenda in the honeymoon period in the next few months, Butler said...
...critical thing with change in control is in terms of the calender and the agenda,” Butler said. “The change in likely voting patterns is very small. There’s not going to be a big ideological change...
...Butler also discussed prospects for specific legislative issues. Commenting on health care, one of his personal areas of specialization, he characterized finding a way to incorporate drug packages into Medicare as one of the most prominent issues of the upcoming session...
...average American elderly person wants to see prescription drugs as part of Medicare, but if you say ok, let’s just add it, than you’re ignoring the projections, Butler said. “If you look 10, 15 years ahead, you see the problem of long-term entitlement...