Posts Tagged ‘John Boehner’
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Boehner as Nathan Brittles
Posted on October 7, 2015
John Boehner reminds me of Captain Nathan Brittles. Brittles was the United States Army Captain, played memorably by John Wayne, in the Oscar-winning “She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.” For those...
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The Myth of Regular Order
Posted on October 6, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) In the aftermath of the Jim Wright resignation and the House bank scandal in the early 1990s, then-Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.) and then-House Minority...
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GOP Tumult Is Nothing New
Posted on October 1, 2015
The Republican Party was founded upon the ashes of the Whig Party, which collapsed over the issue of slavery. And ever since that time, the Grand Old Party has had...
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The Jackass
Posted on September 30, 2015
Ted Cruz is a smart guy. He went to Princeton, graduated from Harvard Law School, has argued several cases before the Supreme Court and has shown a mastery for memorizing...
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John Feehery: GOP: It’s time for a talk
Posted on September 29, 2015
(Originally Published on The Hill) Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) has suggested that House Republicans have an extended discussion about the future before they vote for their next set of leaders....
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