Hey guys! Are you ready for some bipartisanship?

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Republicans are mapping out areas of bipartisan agreement they believe can be passed and signed into law. Hopefully you've had a light lunch.

From ThinkProgress: Here Is What The GOP Promises To Do With Its New Senate Majority

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/11/05/3589132/republicans-promise-to-compromise-with-obama-after-winning-big-in-midterm-election/

Republicans promised to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline — a project 16 senate Democrats endorsed when the body voted on a non-biding resolution in March of 2013 — and have pledged to pass a budget in both chambers. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) — the likely chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee — has promised to tackle tax reform (a project he told Bloomberg on Tuesday night would ideally attract 60 votes in the Senate) and insisted that Republicans still plan to advance immigration reform — on a step-by-step basis that begins with border security. Obama endorsed such a process last year.

Other issues with bipartisan support include an insistence that the administration submit any deal to stop Iran from developing a nuclear program to Congress and approving fast-track authority for trade deals with the European Union and nations in Asia. Obama has asked the Senate for special authority that would allow Congress an up-or-down vote on the issue, but has been stymied by Democrats who believe it would cost jobs. The administration, and many Republicans, argue that the compacts would create American jobs by expanding U.S. exports.

We were told over and over again how Senate Democrats were powerless with 60 seats, 59 seats and 56 seats. Let's see how powerless the Republicans are with the 56 or so they are going to end up with.

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1. obama must be happy to have a repub senate majority nt