Posts Tagged ‘George W Bush’
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Obama’s Opportunity
Posted on January 20, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Ronald Reagan called on a Democratic Congress to give him a line-item veto and to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution in 1987. Bill...
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Time to take charge
Posted on January 13, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Jay Leno is expected to give remarks to a joint meeting of House and Senate Republicans in Hershey, Pa., later this week. There is some...
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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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Jeb: Upsides and Downsides
Posted on December 16, 2014
There are plenty of upsides to Jeb Bush running for President. There are also some downsides. The former Florida Governor is plenty conservative, or at least he was plenty conservative...
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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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