Posts Tagged ‘Mitch McConnell’
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Earmark Ban
Posted on November 16, 2010
Mitch McConnell bowed to reality with his statement on earmarks yesterday. It couldn’t have been easy and it shouldn’t have been. Earmarks are essential part of our Constitutional process. For...
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The Art of Compromise
Posted on November 8, 2010
It was Benjamin Disraeli, the famous English Statesman, who said, “if you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.” By that reckoning, Mitch McConnell is very clever indeed. McConnell...
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Mixing the Message on Purpose
Posted on September 14, 2010
John Boehner, the House Minority Leader, mixed his message on the tax battle on purpose this weekend. I, for one, think it was a pretty clever move. Bob Schieffer, the...
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The Financial Reform Kabuki
Posted on April 20, 2010
I think there will be a deal on financial services reform, or Wall Street reform as the White House now calls it. But first there has to be the requisite...
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