By Mark Mix
Home day care providers would be forced into unions
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There are good reasons to be cynical about Washington, D.C., and there are bad reasons to be cynical about Washington, D.C. Two new shows — one ("Veep") satirical, one ("Scandal") not — offer plenty of both. And, as is so often the case, the satire strikes closer to home.