Posts Tagged ‘election’
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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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How the GOP Gains From Focusing on Spending Now and Immigration Later
Posted on December 5, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Amid tension over funding the government past next week’s deadline, Congress has invented a term that brings back memories of the...
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Executive Orders: A Short History
Posted on November 21, 2014
The President’s power to issue an executive order is not spelled out in the Constitution. And for the first 75 years or so of our Republic, an...
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The Limits of Direct Democracy
Posted on November 6, 2014
I couldn’t do it. Despite talking a big game about being for pot legalization, when I had the chance to vote for the policy, I voted no. It didn’t matter. ...
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2016 Is Right Around the Corner
Posted on November 5, 2014
Well, that was fun. Now, on to the next election. Republicans won a resounding victory, thanks to President Obama’s stunning incompetence....
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