After a year of relatively light lifting, Congress returns to work on Tuesday to face a busy domestic agenda that could signal major changes in the way Americans pay taxes and plan for their retirements.
President Bush speaks with evident pride about his willingness to give top priority this year to Social Security reform – a topic that for decades has been synonymous with political peril. But Bush could have picked an even more difficult challenge. He could have taken on Medicare.
The 109th Congress opens at noon on Tuesday. Here’s a look at the top issues for President Bush and the Republicans who control both the House and Senate.
The door might soon close on Internet and mail-order sales of low-cost prescription drugs from Canada.
President Bush, under pressure over the pace and scale of American aid to Asian tsunami victims, abruptly raised the U.S. contribution to $350 million on Friday, 10 times the amount pledged just two days ago.
The new year began for millions of tsunami survivors with grieving and trauma, but a few of the luckier ones saw a ray of hope as the outside world finally came to their rescue.