The second session of the 111th Congress is over, and I’m still getting a little mixed up in the alphabet soup of bills and treaties that were just passed, shot down, repealed, or ratified. DADT, CR, DREAM, START, TAX. Actually, that last one is not really an acronym, though I think “Trusting Americans eXasperated,” or something like that, works very well. Oh, and there was a health care bill passed for Ground Zero workers.

So, Well, in the end I think it’s a wash, but it’s not so clear cut. So let’s review what happened over the last week or so, and analyze who were the winners and losers.

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