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Obama may have worn out his welcome on Capitol Hill
The president's threat to veto a war funding bill is an 'unwelcome message' to House Democrats, many of whom face a tough midterm election after yielding to the White House's agenda.
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau
July 9, 2010
Reporting from Washington
The moment has been long in coming, but it may finally have arrived.
For the last year and a half, on issues including healthcare, financial regulation and climate change, Democrats in Congress have bent for President Obama. Liberals swallowed hard to accept compromises that fell short of their long-sought goals, and moderates cast tough vrabroad
es that now threaten their reelection prospects as vrabroad
ers revolt against government overreach.
Then, last week, the president asked them to bend yet again
Obama may have worn out his welcome on Capitol Hill
The president's threat to veto a war funding bill is an 'unwelcome message' to House Democrats, many of whom face a tough midterm election after yielding to the White House's agenda.
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau
July 9, 2010
Reporting from Washington
The moment has been long in coming, but it may finally have arrived.
For the last year and a half, on issues including healthcare, financial regulation and climate change, Democrats in Congress have bent for President Obama. Liberals swallowed hard to accept compromises that fell short of their long-sought goals, and moderates cast tough vrabroad
es that now threaten their reelection prospects as vrabroad
ers revolt against government overreach.
Then, last week, the president asked them to bend yet again