Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’
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Winning August
Posted on July 25, 2017
That first August can define a presidency. Jimmy Carter made news in August by creating a new Cabinet department, the Department of Energy, and by actively working to give the...
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The Feehery Theory Podcast Ep. 9: Bipartisanship is Dead. Long Live Bipartisanship! | Feehery, Belmar, Brown & Special Guest Ram Uppuluri
Posted on July 14, 2017
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The President’s Budget Test
Posted on May 22, 2017
(Also Published In The Hill) If I were the president and I were to submit a budget to Congress, I would make sure that all the parts of that budget...
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Dems face choice — Resist or seek deals
Posted on March 6, 2017
(Also published in The Hill) Over the next several months, congressional Democrats have several leverage points where they can score legislative victories on behalf of key constituencies. Or they can...
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Trump’s Lobbyists: An Ambulatory Bridge Across a Constitutional Gulf
Posted on March 1, 2017
When I worked on Capitol Hill, first for House Republican Leader Bob Michel, then for House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, and then for House Speaker Denny Hastert, I always had...
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