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...House could end up being little more than a symbolic gesture. The tougher test for Democrats will be getting the same measures through the Senate, where the incoming majority leader, Harry Reid, will have only a one-vote majority and the Republicans will have the procedural power to gum up his agenda. Reid discovered just how slender his majority will be when South Dakota Democrat Sen. Tim Johnson was rushed to the hospital on Dec. 13 with a brain hemorrhage. (He remains in critical condition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Long Will the Democrats' Party Last? | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

...rules of the place make it next to impossible to run. Unlike the House, where the leadership gets to decide both the timing and the terms of debate for everything that comes to the floor, the Senate makes every member essentially a free agent, with the power to gum up the works whenever he or she feels like it. Veteran New York Times reporter Adam Clymer remembers once asking then-Majority Leader George Mitchell - who was better at the job than most - why he was interested in leaving the post to become commissioner of baseball. Why would Mitchell want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Wants to Control the Senate? | 12/15/2006 | See Source »

...Barack Obama has said some compelling things about the issue. I work all the time in coalition with people to the right and left of me, when we're in agreement on a specific issue. One of the markers of Evangelicals is the ability to walk and chew gum at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Losers in the Obama-Warren Controversy | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

...GUM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year In Medicine From A to Z | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

Want to get out of the hospital quicker? Chew gum. People who undergo abdominal surgery often suffer from post-op ileus, essentially an intestinal shutdown, leading to pain, vomiting and other problems. The sooner the digestive engine gets up and running, the sooner patients can go home. Researchers at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California found that chewing sugarless gum can help things along, probably by stimulating nerves and hormones associated with eating. No word on whether any flavor works better than others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year In Medicine From A to Z | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

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