For the past year and a half, Congress and the Obama administration have become the Mr. Fix-its of politics. Theyve strapped on their legislative toolbelts and gone to work in the name of change.
They fixed health care even though it wasnt needed and they fixed Wall Street just in time for those fat executive bonus checks to go out.
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