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September 06, 2005
Katrina - The Aftermath
The absolute disaster that is Katrina will affect the activities of Congress for months to come. Adding the hurricane’s effects to an already overcrowded fall schedule will increase the difficulty for legislative successes.
Estate tax repeal, long scheduled for a vote on the Senate’s first day back at work, has been postponed indefinitely; it may be the first of many changes in the coming months.
Calls for aid packages, investigative hearings and possibly a new energy bill will compete with two Supreme Court nominations, appropriations season and the reconciliation process. And let’s not forget about the ongoing Social Security debate or the President’s Panel on Tax Reform slated to drop its recommendations at the end of September.
The coming months will certainly test the elasticity of the projected legislative calendar.
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