Posts Tagged ‘Newt Gingrich’
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How the GOP Gains From Focusing on Spending Now and Immigration Later
Posted on December 5, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Amid tension over funding the government past next week’s deadline, Congress has invented a term that brings back memories of the...
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Executive Orders: A Short History
Posted on November 21, 2014
The President’s power to issue an executive order is not spelled out in the Constitution. And for the first 75 years or so of our Republic, an...
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A New Contract With America
Posted on September 30, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) I had flown in from Chicago to attend the ceremony, but I wasn’t in on all of the details. I had moved from Washington back...
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Then and Now: Government Shutdowns
Posted on October 1, 2013
Being in a government shutdown is kind of like being a frog in a pot of water, just put over the flames. At first, everything seems hunky dory, even comfortable. ...
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Newt Deserves Credit on Medicare Modernization
Posted on December 13, 2011
The current leader in the Presidential derby is getting flack for his role in a Medicare expansion law and he doesn’t deserve the abuse. Newt Gingrich played a critical role...
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