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	<title><![CDATA[Symbolic Blather:  Washington's Congenital Disease]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-borosage/symbolic-blather-washingt_b_227481.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>This Congress potentially could be the most productive in over forty years. It has passed the largest recovery plan in the nation's history. It extended health care to millions of children. It passed Obama's first budget with its significant down payment on education and energy. The House just passed the comprehensive energy bill. Health care reform and the most extensive financial reform since the New Deal are next up. </p>

<p>Yet this same Congress will take the time to debate legislation...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-08T22:36:00-04:00</date_published>
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