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February 24, 2008
This week on Capitol Hill

Here's a summary of what is expected this week on Capitol Hill.

Congress and President Bush are going to have to figure out how to compromise on FISA, pass a farm bill, rewrite some energy tax proposals and craft a budget resolution. The Senate also will consider legislation to withdraw troops from Iraq.

Tonight, at George Washington University, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., and Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Fla., will debate each other college-style to bring some decorum and civility to Congress.

Otherwise, it looks as if presidential politics will start to overshadow everything Congress does or does not do.

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Tom Bell has covered numerous beats for the Portland Press Herald since 1999, including education, marine, business and the Maine Legislature. He worked nine years at the Anchorage Daily News, including a year as a correspondent in the Russian Far East following the break-up of the Soviet Union.

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Dieter Bradbury is the Press Herald's political correspondent. His career at the newspaper started in 1980, and includes 21 years as a reporter and seven as an editor. Bradbury is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine.

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Matt Wickenheiser has been at the Press Herald for six years. Wickenheiser is a native of Madawaska and a 1994 graduate of the University of Maine. He thinks his first politcal memory is of waving to First Lady Rosalyn Carter.


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