Archive for the ‘Congress’ Category
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Congress Grapples With Globalization
Posted on May 13, 2015
Democrats rejected President Obama’s top domestic initiative yesterday on a procedural vote, and it’s not quite clear when it will be coming back to the Senate floor. Maybe it will. Maybe...
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The Toughest Vote
Posted on May 12, 2015
Robin Hayes openly wept on the House Floor after voting to give President Bush fast track authority late in 2001. He thought the vote in favor TPA would cost him...
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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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Trashing the Team You Want to Lead
Posted on March 30, 2015
So, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul voted against the Republican budget in the Senate. The more I think about it, the more it infuriates me. How can you lead a...
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As Budget Passes, Reid Departs
Posted on March 27, 2015
Perhaps it was the voter-rama that did it? Was it just a coincidence that shortly after the Senate completed work on its budget for the year that Senator Harry Reid...
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