Archive for the ‘Congress’ Category
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On DHS Funding, GOP Doesn’t Deserve the Blame (But Will Probably Get It)
Posted on February 17, 2015
Republicans in Congress remind me of the kid who constantly gets in trouble at school. Even when it’s not his fault, he gets blamed. Speaker Boehner said over the weekend...
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AUMF
Posted on February 12, 2015
Congress used to declare war. Now it authorizes the use of military force. We used to go to war against countries. Now, we use military force against imaginary caliphates....
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Democracy Unbalanced
Posted on February 10, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Where is Robert Byrd, now that the Senate really needs him? The former long-serving senator from West Virginia was a stickler for congressional prerogatives....
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The Common Carrier
Posted on February 6, 2015
In English common law, a common carrier transports products or people from one place to another. In America, that evolved from products and people to include telephonic and radio communications....
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President Obama’s Path Less Traveled
Posted on January 30, 2015
For over a year, Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton has worked with Committee Democrats to craft legislation to make it easier for industry to bring to market life-saving medicines....
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