Archive for the ‘Congress’ Category
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The Real Budget Question: How Do You Grow the Economy?
Posted on March 13, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) House Republicans spent a lot of time in 1995 and 1996 fighting over arcane details of their budget resolution: whether to...
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Restore The Congress to Counter the President
Posted on March 10, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) In 1989, the first year I arrived in Washington as a staffer to House Minority Leader Bob Michel, the Heritage Foundation released a tome...
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The Path Forward After DHS
Posted on March 6, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) When push comes to shove, Congress will find a way to avoid disaster on big issues. The funding of the Department of...
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Hurray to Mike Simpson!
Posted on March 4, 2015
When John Boehner needed a Member to step up and take a leadership role in bringing the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill to the House floor yesterday, his friend...
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Sushi, Cheese Pizza and the House Freedom Caucus
Posted on March 3, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) According to news reports, members of the House Freedom Caucus celebrated a victory over the Republican leadership last week with sushi, cheese pizza and...
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