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Rand Paul: Partisan Primaries Are 'Biggest Obstacle' to Attracting Nonpartisan Voters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBRlpzT5socMuch has been said this month, both by and about the junior Republican senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul. During last week's appearance on Real Time with Bill...
A GOP-Controlled Senate Means Congress Could Audit the Fed in 2015
The midterm elections that benefited the Republican Party may also mean an audit of the Federal Reserve is one step closer to reality.Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid supported a Federa...
Can the GOP Create Consensus from Gridlock?
When the House switched to Republican control in the 2010 midterms, it was treated as a referendum on President Barack Obama’s health care law. Two years later, the GOP set its sights on the Whit...
The Fight for the Senate: Who Will Win Control?
The main talk of the 2014 election has been which political party will control the Senate after the votes have been counted. Democrats have been on defense throughout most of the country as President ...
Looking to the Founders: The Vote of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
It seems almost crazy to bring up an Aesop's fable in a series about the Founding Father's legacy to America -- but the fable of The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse really exemplifies many of th...
The Politics of Terror and Finding a Way Back
Does ISIS pose a credible threat to the United States and its interests? And if so, what is the best way to manage that threat? If you had asked any politician in 2003, they most likely would have agr...
Republicans and Democrats Both Losing Battleground States
Abysmal congressional approval ratings have become the norm in our hyper-partisan political environment and government dysfunction is now cited as the most pressing issue facing our nation. Problem so...
To Fix The Economy, We Need to Treat the Disease -- Not The Symptoms
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency, first by inflation , then by deflation , the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the peo...
Harry Reid: The One Obstacle Standing in the Way of Audit The Fed
Efforts to increase transparency and accountability in the Federal Reserve continue to pick up steam on Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, an Audit the Fed bill overwhelmingly passed the House, 333-92. Over ...
Rep. Walter Jones Leads Effort to Declassify Full 9/11 Report
When Congress returns to session there will be many topics on the agenda ranging from a possible declaration of war against the Islamic State to immigration reform. Yet for one congressman from North ...