By CARL HULSE
Published: April 4, 2009
WASHINGTON — The ambitious policy agenda encapsulated in the advancing federal budget will test whether Congress can shake the rust from its legislative machinery and overcome the powerful inertia that has gripped it in recent years.
Congress has not even managed to produce its basic spending bills on time in recent years and has exhausted considerable energy dealing with recurring tax and Medicare snags. Big bills have been few and far between — the 2003 Medicare drug plan and a 2007 energy law are examples — as lawmakers nibbled around the edges of problems.
Congressional Memo - Policy Agenda Poses Test for Rusty Legislative Machinery - NYTimes.com
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