Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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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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Jim Wright: Leaving a Mark
Posted on May 7, 2015
Jim Wright left a mark. I came to Washington to work for House Republican Leader Bob Michel in September of 1989, about four months after the Texas Democrat stepped down...
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Scandals Alone Won’t Stop Clinton
Posted on May 4, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) There’s no way that draft-dodger is going to beat the president.” I made that bold prediction at a rehearsal dinner a few months before...
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The Gordian Knot of Tax Reform
Posted on May 1, 2015
Our federal tax code is one big Gordian knot. It has so many rules and loopholes and deductions that its complexity strangles the growth of the American economy and causes...
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Why Kasich Should Run
Posted on April 27, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Is an already crowded field for the presidency in 2016 a barrier to entry for Ohio Gov. John Kasich? I don’t think so. In...
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