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      "title": "Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Policy: Key Issues in the 107th Congress",
      "summary": "Among the 107th Congress' first orders of business will be dealing with the initiatives--both\ndomestic\nand foreign policy--proposed by President Bush throughout his presidential campaign.\n  The 2000 congressional campaigns suggested that the agenda of the 107th Congress will be\nlargely domestic: Social Security, health care, education, taxes, and military pay were prominent in\ncampaigns across America and on post-election news programs. Indeed, many issues discussed in\nthis report will be affected by the resolution of a contentious battle for the presidency. In the\nCongress, the 50-50 split in the Senate and the close party ratio in the House, along with new House\ncommittee chairmen, also will affect the agenda. With less time to organize the presidential\ntransition, and with upcoming Senate votes on executive branch nominations, the 107th Congress\nwill\nhave to split its time between administrative actions and policy concerns.\n  The 107th Congress will help define the U.S. role in the world within the framework of\nincreasing globalization and its effects on U.S. foreign and security policy. A key issue on the\ncongressional agenda will be a debate over how and when to use economic aid and sanctions to\nachieve U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives. Another focus will continue to be the extent of\nU.S. involvement in conflicts and crises worldwide, and under what conditions the U.S. is willing\nto commit military forces and resources to such conflicts. A third category of concerns is the\npost-Cold War proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the related debate over the\ndevelopment, testing, and possible deployment of national and theater missile defense systems.\n  Numerous other foreign affairs, trade, and defense issues will face the 107th Congress. In\naddition to those mentioned above, important themes may include the U.S. role in international\npeacekeeping; emerging economic globalization and its effect on trade and finance issues facing the\nUnited States; and a debate over the state of military readiness, proposed force structure increases,\nhow much to spend on defense and how to set priorities among major defense programs, as well as\ndefense spending in general. \n  The first session of the 107th Congress may act on the FY2002 budget resolution, defense\nauthorization and appropriation bills, and will consider legislation to authorize spending for\nDepartment of State and other foreign policy programs and personnel by passing or waiving the\nbiannual foreign relations re-authorization legislation. The 107th Congress will review U.S. foreign\naid priorities and participation in international organizations, participate in Quadrennial Defense\nReview 2001 and the Administration's plans for weapons modernization and achieving efficiencies\nin defense operations.",
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