Republikanernas nya agenda

Todays Wall Street Journal (John McKinnon and Brody Mullins) comments upon changes within the political landscape in US. Since the re-election one year ago, new issues have come to change the agenda for Bush and the Republicans:

Then...
# Social Security private accounts
# Tax simplifications
# Permanent repeal of estate tax

Now...
#Katrina reconstruction
#New initiatives for Gulf Coast poverty
# A new energy bill to respond to gas prices, with incentives for new refineries

So far, Bush managed to keep the House Republicans on same track but already next week is offering a more challenging test when voting about increasing of oil production is up.

Tove Lifvendahl