The Big Picture

Two months into the Second Session of the 109th Congress, it is clear that everything Congress does this year will be dominated by one overwhelming reality: control of the House--and even control of the Senate--is at stake.

In the House--where all 435 members are up for reelection--even Republican politicos are privately conceding that they could easily lose control of the body.

In the Senate, the seats of at least three GOP incumbents--Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee, Ohio Senator Mike DeWine, and Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum--are all highly endangered. And this is before election season really gets under way. . . .

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