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The Can't-Do Agenda: Six Initiatives The Senate Scrapped Ahead Of Their Recess

Brian Beutler | August 9, 2010, 8:47AM

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)

In the rush to close up shop for August recess, the Senate had one of its most productive days in recent memory Thursday. In a matter of hours, they passed a state aid bill, confirmed Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, confirmed dozens of other Obama nominees, including James Clapper as Director of National Intelligence, passed a border security bill, child nutrition legislation, and more.

Underneath all that, though, is a growing pile of initiatives that the Senate failed to take up. Here are the top items on the agenda the Senate didn't check off before adjourning.

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