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The removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives, led by perennial malcontent Matt Gaetz, was disgraceful, and will have lasting negative implications for Congress and the nation.
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10/12/23
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I confess to being a history buff. Every time something happens in the political world, it reminds me of something similar that happened in yesterday’s political world. Back in 1954 . . .
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1/31/19
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At least the federal government’s Santa tracker remained after a partial government shutdown last week, forced by President Trump’s stubborn insistence that Congress allocate $5 billion in funding for his wall to separate the United States and Mexico.
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1/4/19
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As I wrote this column Saturday — the first anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration — the federal government was shut down. By Monday, it appeared poised to get back to work, as a compromise deal to end the legislative stalemate was in the works . . .
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1/25/18
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The collapse of the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare exposed fissures in the Republican Party that will continue to challenge the White House and congressional leadership. The next big action that must be taken . . .
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4/7/17
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Republicans are preparing to take over the U.S. Senate on Jan. 2, when their new members will be sworn in and take their oaths of office. Until then, both parties need to learn to play nice.
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11/20/14
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So let me get this straight. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted more than 40 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a.k.a. Obamacare, but failed to do so.
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10/17/13
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The first federal government shutdown in 17 years has reached Week 2. The catalyst? The debt limit. The accelerant? Obamacare.
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10/10/13
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They say that “politics makes strange bedfellows.” While they are far from being alike, two members of Congress from Long Island are playing major roles in the ongoing debate about how to open up the government after a shutdown.
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10/10/13
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Government shutdown. The term sounds so ominous. A temporary end to all government services. How long will it last?
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10/3/13
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