Jamelle Bouie talks about the legislation Democrats need to pass before the 111th Congress is done.
This session promises to be both productive and a little more high-profile than usual. In addition to passing routine items like the Medicare “doc fix” — done to prevent the recurring 23 percent slash in Medicare reimbursements — and a host of tax credits and tax cuts, Congress will take action on at least four items, each hotly contested by Republicans and of particular interest to progressives.