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Cutting off energy: with a democrat-controlled Congress, measures punishing "Big Oil" and fighting global warming are taking center stage, but it is middle-class America that will lose in the end.(ENERGY)(Cover story)
The super luxury Kingsmill Resort, owned by Anheuser-Busch, sprawls over 2,900 lush, rolling acres along the James River in Virginia. It's an incongruous place for a meeting of liberal Democrats who never tire of attempting to ingratiate themselves with America's blue-collar workers, folks who could never afford the luxury of traveling to Kingsmill for a round of golf followed by a session in the spit for the "gentlemen's skin renewal" or "revitalizing pedicure" services.
That didn't stop congressional Democrats from holding a retreat at the posh resort during the first week of February to discuss the legislative agenda and the prospects of working with the Bush ...
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