Posts Tagged ‘Washington’
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The Real Scandal
Posted on June 17, 2011
I heard Congressman Steve Israel, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, on television this morning talking about the real scandal. His point was that the real scandal wasn’t...
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Should He Resign?
Posted on June 7, 2011
There are more than a few politicians at the federal level who share two conflicting traits: They believe they are the center of the universe, but they also believe that...
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Debt Ceiling
Posted on April 12, 2011
It was Alexander Hamilton who first took on public debt as a political issue. Hamilton understood that if the federal government assumed the debts of the states, it would not...
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Who Wins A Shut Down?
Posted on February 24, 2011
If the government shuts down, does anybody win? Washington is abuzz with the possibility that the Federal Government might shut down when the current spending authority expires on March 4....
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Prohibition Revisited
Posted on January 14, 2011
Reading the Constitution out loud on the House floor in the opening days of the new Congress was a masterstroke by Republicans. Had I had the chance, I would have...
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