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After finally emerging from
the hotly-contested election battle in Florida, President Bush now faces
another hurdle -- a divided Congress.
Only a handful of seats separate
the Republican majority from the Democrats in the House of Representatives,
while the Senate is split 50-50 for the first time in over a century.
Republicans retain the majority there by only one vote -- that of new
Vice President Dick Cheney, who also serves as president of the Senate.
Many politicians are hoping
to foster a climate of bipartisanship to ease Washington through these
troubled political waters, made even more turbulent by Bush's razor-thin
electoral victory. Some say a friendly political climate may be a great
dream, but an unrealistic goal.
Can the Congress come together
during one of the most closely divided sessions in its history? Can the
Bush administration soothe the feelings of Democrats still smarting from
the election?
Two experts respond to your
questions on power sharing in the new Bush administration: Theodore
Lowi, political science professor at Cornell University, and Sonia
Jarvis, professor of political science at George Washington University.
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