Regulations and Government
Congressional Observer: October 2001
When Congress returned from its August recess, both houses set about to debate what to do about the declining budget surplus and what to do about spending.

When Congress returned from its August recess, both houses set about to debate what to do about the declining budget surplus and what to do about spending.

However, the dramatic terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon changed the agenda, put partisan bickering on the shelf and unified both parties in their support of President Bush and what the country needs to do. Thus, Congress began the task of providing legislation that America would need to fund and carry out the numerous emergency programs that are bound to come.