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                    [Title] => Ask not what your Congress can do -  Gotcha
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It's theoretically the mightiest of government's three coequal branches. It holds power to tax and spend money, confirm Supreme Court justices and unseat a President, set national policy and ratify international pacts. Yet Congress doesn't exude or exert its force; voters regard senators and congressmen like governors and mayors, that is, fund sources for K-B-L -- kasal, binyag, libing.

It's not so much the people's fault than what legislators are doing -- or not doing. Senators are too busy with grandstanding commentaries and inquiries instead of senior statesmanship. [DatePublished] => 2000-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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It's theoretically the mightiest of government's three coequal branches. It holds power to tax and spend money, confirm Supreme Court justices and unseat a President, set national policy and ratify international pacts. Yet Congress doesn't exude or exert its force; voters regard senators and congressmen like governors and mayors, that is, fund sources for K-B-L -- kasal, binyag, libing.

It's not so much the people's fault than what legislators are doing -- or not doing. Senators are too busy with grandstanding commentaries and inquiries instead of senior statesmanship. [DatePublished] => 2000-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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