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Harry Kerry
Congressional Democrats save face -- if you can call it that. Plus: Post-Specter.
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Kerry and some of his associates have indicated that he intends to take a much higher profile role in the Senate, but it's doubtful that Reid, stepping into the leadership post, and others, such as Illinois's Dick Durbin and New York's Hillary Clinton, will give him much time in the spotlight.
"The only thing Kerry has going for him is the press, which will be fascinated in the dynamic of Democratic Senate politics," says the Senate Democratic leadership staffer. "But that will wear off pretty quick once people start getting their hands dirty after the inauguration."
p> CLASS-ACTION br> With it increasingly appearing that Sen. Arlen Specter is managing to hold his own against conservative calls that he be denied the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee, conservatives are looking to the Senate to make some kind of noise before they exit for the holiday break. /p> p>One issue that may start getting some attention is class-action reform. Some conservatives and lobbyists in the business community are said to be pushing for class-action reform legislation to be tacked on to the appropriations bill that the Senate will take up in their lame duck session. br> /p>
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