Tulsa World: Dem. Boren: Democrats may lose Congress

"I think the House Democratic leadership along with the administration made a very large mistake by focusing on a lot of different pieces of legislation that would not do a lot to help the economy,'' Boren said.

At the top of that list of mistakes, he places health-care legislation, which is expected to pass Congress in the coming weeks, and the cap-and-trade measure, which passed the House but is not at this point expected to come out of
the Senate with the cap-and-trade provisions.

Boren voted against both bills...
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Pelosi and other top House Democrats clearly had a different take on their party's agenda during the last session.

During a year-ending press conference, the California Democrat pointed to the health-care and climate-change bills as two of the big success stories in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Pelosi described the climate-change issue as the flagship of her speakership, adding such legislation should be passed to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, improve the air and advance technology.

She said the issue is also a moral one because of the obligation of preserving the planet, which was created by God.

Sprinkler creation» Corpus Christi Caller-Times

CORPUS CHRISTI — Marty Grady turned on his sprinkler about midnight Friday as temperatures dropped below freezing. He woke his sons Saturday to see the ice spectacular — a mesquite tree draped in 3-foot-long icicles.

Wind Chill Keeps Florida Freezing - Central Florida News 13

ORLANDO -- Saturday’s bitter cold temperatures peaked at just 40 degrees in both Orlando and Daytona Beach, setting a new record for lowest high temperature recorded on Jan. 9.

Orlando’s previous record-low high was 42, set in 1970. Daytona Beach tied its record of 40, set the same year.