Posts Tagged ‘Conservatives’
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The Tea Party Takes It on the Chin
Posted on August 2, 2011
John Boehner won a complete and total victory in the House with an overwhelming vote to extend the debt limit. His victory was so complete, many of his closest allies...
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Remember Charlie Stenholm
Posted on July 28, 2011
Charlie Stenholm, the former Congressman from Texas, perennially sponsored and pushed for a balanced budget to the Constitution. Charlie was a Democrat, and sponsoring the balanced budget amendment helped him...
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Boehner Is In Fine Shape
Posted on July 27, 2011
John Boehner is doing an exceptional job as Speaker under extraordinarily tough times. When I first started working in Congress, Tom Foley had just taken over from Jim Wright as...
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The Limits of the Bully Pulpit
Posted on July 26, 2011
President Obama has not been shy lately in trying to use the power of the bully pulpit to get his way on Capitol Hill. It is not clear that his...
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A Grand Bargain?
Posted on July 20, 2011
I love when the Senate comes up with a grand bargain. It gets all the Washington insiders excited. The pundits love grand bargains. The media goes crazy over grand bargains....
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