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With the Democrats ready to take charge of the Senate following Sen. James Jeffords 146; defection from the GOP, the legislative direction of Congress is in for a major shift.Jeffords 146; switch will give the Democrats control of the Senate floor and the powerful committee chairmanships. As a result, President Bush and Senate Republicans now face an uphill battle to get their agenda through Congress.Here 1 stanley thermobecher 46  a look at what may be affected legislatively:Judicial Nominees: The Democrats were already planning fights over several upcoming Bush nominees for federal judgeships. Now, as the Democrats take control of the Judiciary Commit stanley mug tee, either under Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont or Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, it s much more likely that the more conservative nominees will be voted down in committee.Judiciary Committee member Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday:  We will not have nominations of right-wing after rig stanley cup ht-wing after right-wing judges. Meantime, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who will become the committee 146  ranking Republican after the power shift, holds out hope for bipartisanship.   I really believe that they 146;ll treat President Bush 146  nominees as I treated President Clinton 146 . There should be no real argument because I treated them well. Education: The bottom line here is money. The education package that was recently finalized  was generally acceptable to Democrats  except for the dollar figure, says political analyst Stuart Rothenberg

Ztau Iraq Veteran Launches Congress Bid
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning, hours after the death of Elijah Cummings, the Maryland Democratic chairman of the House Oversight and Government R botella stanley eform Committee.In her press conference, Pelosi said that stanley cups uk  House was considering renaming H.R. 3 mdash; a bill on lowering prescription drug costs mdash; in Cummings  name. I m devastated by the loss,  Pelosi said. She referred to Cummings as her  brother in Baltimore,  adding that  he lived the American dream and wanted it for everyone else.                                          In the House, Elijah was our North Star,  Pelosi said in an earlier statement.  He was a leader of towering character and integrity, whose stirring voice and steadfast values pushed the Congress and country to rise always to a higher purpose. She spoke a day after making headlines for saying President Trump had a serious meltdown in a White House meeting on Turkey. Pelosi said she believes  we have to pray for his health.           The White House meeting came shortly after the House vote stanley cup becher d 354 to 60 to condemn Mr. Trump s decision to pull troops from northern Syria.                                                                        More from CBS News                                                                                                         DACA recipient elected to New Mexico legislature and other historic election wins                                                        Htdj CPAC: Huckabee  thanks  Obama for birth control firestorm
With the Democrats ready to take charge of the Senate following Sen. James Jeffords 146; defection from the GOP, the legislative direction of Congress is in for a major shift.Jeffords 146; switch will give the Democrats control of the Senate floor and the powerful committee chairmanships. As a result, President Bush and Senate Republicans now face an uphill battle to get their agenda through Congress.Here 1 stanley thermobecher 46  a look at what may be affected legislatively:Judicial Nominees: The Democrats were already planning fights over several upcoming Bush nominees for federal judgeships. Now, as the Democrats take control of the Judiciary Commit stanley mug tee, either under Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont or Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, it s much more likely that the more conservative nominees will be voted down in committee.Judiciary Committee member Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday:  We will not have nominations of right-wing after rig stanley cup ht-wing after right-wing judges. Meantime, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who will become the committee 146  ranking Republican after the power shift, holds out hope for bipartisanship.   I really believe that they 146;ll treat President Bush 146  nominees as I treated President Clinton 146 . There should be no real argument because I treated them well. Education: The bottom line here is money. The education package that was recently finalized  was generally acceptable to Democrats  except for the dollar figure, says political analyst Stuart Rothenberg