Posts Tagged ‘Speaker’
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Vacating the Vacation
Posted on July 30, 2015
The House is hitting the highways after passing a three-month extension of the Highway bill. In the game of chicken between the chambers of Congress, both sides blinked and the...
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In the Wake of a Scandal
Posted on June 2, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) How do you defend the indefensible? How do you justify the unjustifiable? When it comes to the latest scandal involving my former boss, Denny...
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Jim Wright: Leaving a Mark
Posted on May 7, 2015
Jim Wright left a mark. I came to Washington to work for House Republican Leader Bob Michel in September of 1989, about four months after the Texas Democrat stepped down...
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Can Ted Cruz Win? (Probably Not)
Posted on March 24, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) I was listening to Rush Limbaugh when I heard the advertisement. The voice blaring over the radio belonged to the junior senator from Texas,...
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Lessons From Ireland
Posted on March 17, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Ireland is on the mind of official Washington today. From the White House, where the president receives shamrocks from the Irish prime minister, to...
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