Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
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Shutdown Politics
Posted on April 8, 2011
I first got a chance to meet John Boehner when he came to the Congress in 1991. He entered the Congress with a bang, teaming up with the so-called “Gang...
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Dems Punt on Taxes
Posted on April 7, 2011
Balancing the federal budget (or at least making the unbalanced budget look more respectable) usually requires two kinds of actions from policy makers: cutting spending and raising revenue. Republicans like...
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Act Like a Grown-Up
Posted on April 6, 2011
Yesterday, President Obama said that Congressional leaders should act like “grown-ups.” Good advice. I wish he would follow it. According to the dictionary definition, a grown-up is a “a fully...
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Delete the Email
Posted on April 5, 2011
President Obama emailed his supporters that he is running for re-election. I guess he did that as a way to tell young voters (who largely powered his initial election campaign)...
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Expiration Date
Posted on April 4, 2011
As anybody who ever watched Schoolhouse Rock in the 1970’s knows (“I am just a bill, I am only a bill and I am sitting here on Capitol Hill, but...
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