Congress did nothing but waive partisan fingers and issue statements filled with poll-tested pabulum.

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Politics is a contact sport, and contests won't be won by pulling punches and peddling pabulum to the masses.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, calls efficiency rules "political pabulum" that allows politicians to sidestep the risk of letting energy prices float so that people feel the full brunt of their decisions.

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