If you passed a steroids bill now while letting the deficit careen out of control and not doing much to get Iraq on track, they would attract a lot of ridicule for spending their time on it. Norman Ornstein
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![I think if you took a secret ballot in the Senate and House, you'd get a majority of Republicans joining on to those [libertarian] concerns. But the majority of Republicans in both houses see themselves more as field soldiers in the president's army than as independent actors in an independent branch of government. ... [That group is] very reluctant to challenge their president and to do so in a way that gives Democrats a political issue. - Norman Ornstein Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBOb3JtYW4gT3Juc3RlaW4gICAg&num=8 "I think if you took a secret ballot in the Senate and House, you'd get a majority of Republicans joining on to those [libertarian] concerns. But the majority of Republicans in both houses see themselves more as field soldiers in the president's army than as independent actors in an independent branch of government. ... [That group is] very reluctant to challenge their president and to do so in a way that gives Democrats a political issue. - Norman Ornstein Quotes")
