Word: democratator
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Baucus succeeds in navigating health-care reform through Congress, he may have another Montanan to thank for showing him how. Baucus' office suite in the Hart Senate Office Building is a veritable shrine to the longtime Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield, who guided the difficult passage of civil rights laws and Medicare in the 1960s. Mansfield counseled Baucus when the younger man started exploring a career in politics. Then a lawyer at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Baucus wasn't even sure whether he was a Democrat or a Republican. As Baucus planned his move back home to Montana...
...real question is, Are we going to have a huge deficit with investment or a huge deficit without investment?" said Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, emerging from the meeting. "Those are my words, not [Obama's], but I'm kind of summarizing what the argument is here. If you eliminated his investments, you'd find the deficit would still be 80% or 90% of what it would be otherwise with his investment." In other words, since Washington is going to rack up massive deficits, it may as well go all in and get some long-term bang...
...middle class - and opted for a shorter time line of just five years vs. the 10-year budget the White House had crafted. "Given the state of the economy, everyone agrees that it's very difficult to predict the next five years," said Senator Mark Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat, "let alone 10 years...
...Given the GOP opposition, support from a group of moderate Democrats known as the Gang of 16 (led by Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana) is essential. Although most insisted that Obama's presence on Capitol Hill was not a sales job, the luncheon was dominated by talk of his budget. "These initiatives - education, better health care - are not free," said Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, who asked Obama about a provision she strongly opposes that would raise taxes on independent oil and gas producers. "But he was very open to consider some of those changes, which is what...
...expected to hold onto the reins of both the government and the E.U. presidency until a new Czech coalition is formed, but there is uncertainty about how long this could take. Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek has said the government could "complete the Czech E.U. presidency or its substantial part...