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Mend it, don’t end it
Posted on May 8, 2017
(This originally appeared in The Hill) In July of 1995, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision on the volatile issue of...
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Trump Survival Guide
Posted on April 5, 2017
This originally appeared in the website Political Storm. Although Republicans have a bigger majority in the House than the Senate, the conventional wisdom holds that the GOP is in more...
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Get to the Meat of the Trump Agenda
Posted on March 27, 2017
Replacing Obamacare is the broccoli of the Trump legislative agenda. It’s not the red meat that will make America great again. George H.W. Bush once said about the leafy vegetable,...
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Whither American Exceptionalism?
Posted on March 21, 2017
(Also published on Political Storm) It’s a down moment for American exceptionalism. That seems to be the opinion of the hard right. America can’t be the world’s policeman anymore. We...
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The First Draft of Obamacare Repeal Is a Good Place to Start
Posted on March 20, 2017
(This originally appeared in The Hill) It is said that journalism is the first draft of history. In the same vein, legislation that first passes the House is usually the...
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