Archive for the ‘The Hill Columns’ Category
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Support the Speaker
Posted on January 6, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) From 1910 to 1943, it was fairly common for some members of the Republican Party to vote for somebody for Speaker of the House other...
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The Usual Suspects
Posted on December 9, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) It’s the easiest story to write for the mostly younger journalists on Capitol Hill: the conservative uprising against the Republican leadership. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz...
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Making the Senate Work: What Mitch Learned From Harry
Posted on December 1, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Mitch McConnell has learned several things from Harry Reid about how not to run the Senate. Much to the surprise of his colleagues, he is...
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A Long Two Years
Posted on November 17, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill). It’s going to be a long two years. We all knew that the new Republican majority and the president had vastly different opinions on...
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Obama’s Top Ten Blunders
Posted on November 3, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill) The Republicans didn’t win this midterm election cycle, although they made some smart decisions to avoid losing it. The president and his team lost...
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