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Politics got in the way of a lot of legislation this year in Congress, including a proposal to boost funding for a children's health insurance program that covers about 68,000 youngsters in Alabama.
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The Democratic proposal would have expanded the program beyond low-income children to include adults, said Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa.
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"If it had strictly been for children, the Democrats would have gotten a deal," he said. "We know what they want -- they want national health insurance. I was not for that."
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But Rep. Artur Davis, D-Birmingham, countered that Democrats compromised by cutting the price tag of the children's health bill from a proposed $100 billion over five years to $35 billion, but the president and congressional Republicans refused to budge.
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"The president steadfastly refused to budge, and frankly Republicans in Congress refused to budge," he said. "Democrats moved $65 billion without the president moving an inch."
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Ultimately, Congress passed legislation that essentially provided the same federal money as last year -- about $74 million for Alabama.
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Much of what happened in Congress this year, especially for Republicans, was the blocking rather than passing of proposals. Bills on immigration reform, stem-cell research and setting timetables for troop withdrawals in Iraq failed.
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"I think what we did was stop a lot of bad stuff from happening," said Rep. Terry Everett, R-Rehobeth.
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Democrats forced some 40 votes on measures that sought to impose a timetable for troop withdrawal or other restrictions on the war in Iraq. But only one passed both the House and Senate, and it was promptly vetoed by the president.
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Democrats played politics with many bills that caused legislation to fall months behind schedule, including the spending bills for much of the federal government, said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks. Republicans lost control of Congress in the 2006 elections because they weren't flexible enough to pass legislation, he said.
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"That's our job -- to get things done," Rogers said. "We haven't got a farm bill passed yet. ... I'm just frustrated."
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The Senate's farm bill passed in mid-December doesn't limit federal subsidies to high-income farmers while the House version cuts off pay ments to millionaires. A joint House- Senate committee will need to reconcile these differences before the bill can be signed into law.
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But the bill is months behind schedule, and the American public isn't happy with the slow pace on Capitol Hill. Congressional approval ratings have hovered between 19 percent and 32 percent over the past two months, according to a dozen polls.
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Congress had some successes this year, increasing the minimum wage, reforming congressional ethics and overhauling the nation's energy policy to boost mileage requirements on cars. The energy legislation also boosts federal loan guarantees for nuclear power plants, which could aid a proposal to build new facilities in northern Alabama.
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