Posts Tagged ‘House’
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A Modest Proposal to Improve the Tone of Our Political Discourse
Posted on December 13, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Ripon Society’s Forum) Should we be surprised that so many Americans hold Congress in such low regard? For the last decade, Congressional approval ratings have...
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Making the Senate Work: What Mitch Learned From Harry
Posted on December 1, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Mitch McConnell has learned several things from Harry Reid about how not to run the Senate. Much to the surprise of his colleagues, he is...
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A New Contract With America
Posted on September 30, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) I had flown in from Chicago to attend the ceremony, but I wasn’t in on all of the details. I had moved from Washington back...
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5 Ways Washington Would Change If Republicans Win the Senate
Posted on September 25, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) It matters who controls the Senate. I shouldn’t have to say that, but the perception is growing that whatever happens...
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What Surprise Can We Expect This October?
Posted on September 5, 2014
Lyndon Johnson announced that he planned to halt the bombing of North Vietnam in October of 1968. Richard Nixon announced that “peace was at hand” in the Vietnam War in...
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