Posts Tagged ‘Henry Clay’
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The Van Buren way
Posted on October 24, 2017
“I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson as President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for such a place. He has...
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Our Own History To Live
Posted on March 3, 2015
It was a Speaker who pushed America into the War of 1812. Henry Clay, a hero to Mitch McConnell, ascended briskly to the gavel as a 34 year-old newly elected...
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Andy Jackson and Ex-Im Bank
Posted on June 24, 2014
Fred Hochberg might want to read up on experiences of Nicholas Biddle. Biddle was the President of the Second National Bank, and at the urging of Henry Clay, he moved...
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Why is the Federal government so big anyway?
Posted on June 18, 2014
If you ever have any hopes of diminishing the power of Washington, you need to have an understanding as to why it has grown so large in the first place....
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Newt
Posted on May 11, 2011
I first met Newt Gingrich in 1989. As an intern for House Minority Leader Bob Michel, my short-term task was to deliver Newt his lunch as he was meeting with...
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