Tag Archives: U.S. House of Representatives

AEI: Frederick M. Hess- ‘The Right Way to Start Fixing No Child Left Behind’

Source:American Enterprise Institute– with a look at the 2001 education reform law known as No Child Left Behind. “The Student Success Act rolls back regulations while reflecting the need for a principled, limited federal role in schools. On Friday, the … Continue reading

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The Hill: Kevin Cirilli: ‘New Democrats Looking to Strike Against The Warren Wing’

Source:The Hill– U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Democrat, Massachusetts) “Centrist Democrats are gathering their forces to fight back against the “Elizabeth Warren wing” of their party, fearing a sharp turn to the left could prove disastrous in the 2016 elections. For … Continue reading

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The Hollywood Reporter: Victims of Hollywood’s Blacklist

Source:The Hollywood Reporter I don’t think there’s anything more Un-American and Un-liberal democratic as punishing people simply because of what they believe and their politics. But that is what the U.S. House of Representatives decided to do in 1946-47 and … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks On CPAC & Homeland Security Shutdown

. As far as CPAC, the one thing I respect about that group is that they do actually bring in lets say Classical Conservatives or Conservative Libertarians and actual Libertarians. It’s not just about mushy-middle establishment Republicans who always play … Continue reading

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Roll Call: Tamar Hallerman & Niels Lesniewski: Senate Democrats Show Limits of GOP Control

“When Republican leaders seized control of the Senate, they quickly targeted must-pass appropriations bills — not shutdown showdowns — as their best tool for reining in the Obama White House. Two months into the 114th Congress, they have run smack … Continue reading

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Matthew Hormann: The Hollywood Ten, 1950

Source:Matthew Hormann I don’t want to sound overly partisan here, but this was one of the ugliest anti-American, anti-liberal democratic, illiberal periods in American history. Where Americans were judged by who they associated with and political causes they supported and … Continue reading

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Jnuss Bau: The Hollywood Blacklist: 1947-1960

. The late 1940s and all the way up to at least the mid-1950s or so was one of the most fascist illiberal and anti-liberal democratic periods of our time. I think elements of today’s Tea Party and the Ann … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Jonathan Capehart: John Boehner Needs to Follow His Own Advice on DHS Funding

Source:The Washington Post It is not often that I agree with House Speaker John Boehner on anything and I’ll let you judge for yourself how often that is. But he has a point here. The House did their job at … Continue reading

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The Diplomat: Francis P. Sempa: The Geopolitics of The Vietnam War

“On April 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon, helicopters rescued the last remaining Americans from the roof of their embassy in South Vietnam – an unforgettable manifestation of the ignominious U.S. defeat in the war in Southeast Asia … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Brian Beutler: Republican Homeland Security Spirals Out of Control

Source:The New Republic For the life of me, I can’t figure out how Democrats lose to these Tea Party and Neoconservative Republicans in any elections outside of the Bible Belt. Congressional Republicans know that if they vote to overturn President … Continue reading

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