Posts Tagged ‘campaign finance’
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A Real Education For the New Congress
Posted on January 5, 2015
Since the Democrats took control of Congress in the election of 2006, an astounding 334 House and 70 Senate seats have changed hands. We have 52 new House Members and...
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Taming the Wild West of Campaign Spending
Posted on December 13, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Over the objections of then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert (my former boss) and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President George W. Bush signed into law...
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How Big Money Is Saving Senate Democrats
Posted on September 19, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Campaign money is the only reason that Senate Democrats in vulnerable seats are still competitive in what is, for Democrats,...
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I’M A Believer!
Posted on June 19, 2008
“And then I saw her face, now I’m a believer…” I can’t get that song out of my mind when thinking about Barack Obama and...
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