Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress.

Upton defeated him 66%-32%. [who?] He is a member of several Republican groups such as the Republican Main Street Partnership and Christine Todd Whitman's IMP-PAC (Its My Party Too). " In April 2009 he maintained that "climate change is a serious problem that necessitates serious solutions.

Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton (born April 23 1953) is the U. The district stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state.