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...proposal was detailed on Friday at the association's national conference in Orlando, Fla. The group asked the 20,000 members in attendance to sign letters to Congress showing support for the initiative. It is part of a number of moves they are advocating to help boost housing prices...
...president Charles McMillan says his organization has "shared the proposal with members of Congress in recent days" but doesn't know whether enough lawmakers would support it. "We don't have a read on that yet," he says. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...devout Jew, Emanuel was so intent on negotiating the passage of Congress's $700 billion-bailout bill that he got a special waiver from his rabbi to work through Rosh Hashanah...
Even before the shape of the new Congress is known and strategies on those issues can be settled on, there will be a test for Obama: the House is expected to tackle a stimulus bill proposed by Democrats when the outgoing Congress returns for a lame-duck session on Nov. 17. Senate Democratic aides say they expect the GOP to filibuster it even if it makes it out of the House...
Young pragmatists like Ryan and Mark Kirk, who heads the moderate Tuesday Group, appear to be looking for an issue-by-issue approach - rather than a grand ideological transformation of the party - to manage the surge of Obama power that is preparing to hit Congress next January. They'll offer a deal on energy - most likely permitting more offshore drilling in exchange for various incentives for green energy - but resist tax hikes, a change in union voting rules or other measures that are opposed by small business...