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From Florida to Kabul: 2001 in review. (Federal Focus).(United States government)

Government Finance Review

| February 01, 2002 | Desimone, Daniel C. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Government Finance Officers Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

For the United States, 2001 ended as it began--in tumult. The year began on the heels of a controversial presidential election, with control of Congress split almost evenly between the two major political parties. Republicans controlled the Senate only by virtue of the vice president's tie breaking vote and the House of Representatives by only a few seats. The record-setting economy of the 1990s appeared to be contracting, and the energy crisis gripping California seemed like a prologue to a nationwide energy crisis.

In a matter of months, Democrats gained control of the Senate, the economy officially entered recession, and the California energy crisis subsided. ...

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