HONOLULU (AP) -- Leaving behind a year of bruising legislative battles, President Barack Obama enters his fourth year in office having calculated that he no longer needs Congress to promote his agenda and may even benefit in his re-election campaign if lawmakers accomplish little in 2012....
In 2012, Obama To Press Ahead Without Congress
By JULIE PACE, Associated Press: Politics
Sat, 12/31/2011 - 7:07am
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