Posts Tagged ‘President Bush’
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The Toughest Vote
Posted on May 12, 2015
Robin Hayes openly wept on the House Floor after voting to give President Bush fast track authority late in 2001. He thought the vote in favor TPA would cost him...
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Don’t Do Stupid Shit
Posted on June 2, 2014
According the news reports, President Obama has come up with a simple way to describe his foreign policy philosophy: Don’t do stupid shit. It’s clever, in a Clintonian “it’s the...
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More on the Majority of the Majority
Posted on January 19, 2013
I have been thinking a bit more about Denny’s Hastert’s famous dictum on the majority of the majority. It is still a very good guideline for how to keep the...
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Fixers and Breakers
Posted on July 19, 2011
There are two kinds of politicians. Fixers come into office to fix things. They seek to fix problems for their constituents, fix the legislative process and fix government. Breakers come...
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Loose Talk, Loose Process
Posted on March 22, 2011
President Obama says that Libyan strongman Muamar Gaddafi “has to go.” The question that pops up in my mind is: “Go where?” I don’t think our President has an answer...
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