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The Republicans weren't willing to pursue major reforms that could have put America on firmer financial ground. If their successors don't either, they will meet the same fate in 4 years.

The bailout package should ease tight credit and hold down interest rates. But it does not go as far as some Democrats would have liked in helping distressed homeowners.

The House of Representatives is set to vote Tuesday on an energy bill that could clear the way for more drilling in the United States, as the Democrats who control Congress yielded to pressure from Republicans on the issue.

National polls consistently show Americans think Democrats are better at dealing with education than Republicans are.

But commentator Steve Barr says that impression is misguided.

Senate Democratic leaders charged Monday that more needs to be done, and quickly, to address the foreclosure crisis that is sucking down the nation's economy.