Back home in Kansas City, lawmakers find strong feelings about budget fight
http://dervishcom.blogspot.com/2011/08/back-home-in-kansas-city-lawmakers-find.html
On opposite sides of the same great Midwestern skyline, two congressmen who voted "no" on the agreement that staved off default on the nation's debt are back home now, trying to explain to constituents what happened last week in Washington.
Veteran Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) and his colleague, freshman Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) opposed the last-minute compromise for reasons as different as the districts and political philosophies they represent. But as their colleagues across the nation are likely to learn as they spend August at home, Yoder and Cleaver are finding that their Kansas City constituents are worried not only about specific deals, but also about Washington's ability to ever agree on how to shape the nation's future.
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