The soon-to-be congressional leaders, Nancy Pelosi in the House and Harry Reid in the Senate, have vowed not to invoke the old Boston Irish axiom that says: “Don?t get mad ? get even” when they take power in January.
Though mindful that the outgoing Republican leaders ? Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist ? shut the Democrats out of much of the legislative process during their tenures, Pelosi and Reid have promised there will be no retribution.
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