by jpitney | Sep 15, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Devin Dwyer,Megan Hughes, and Benjamin Siegel at ABC: More than 1 million people attended the Minnesota State Fair this year — snacking on pork chops, sizing up the famed butter sculptures and posing with prize-winning farm animals. But Reps. Dean...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Debt
Tara D.Sonenshine writes at The Hill: In a recent letter to congressional leaders, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that without raising the debt ceiling, “the most likely outcome is that cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted during the month of...
by jpitney | Sep 13, 2021 | Dreier, Journalism
DREIER ROUNDTABLE OP-ED CONTEST CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2021 op-ed writing contest. Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article, of the kinds that appear in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern any issue in public...
by jpitney | Sep 12, 2021 | civic virtue
Remarks by President George W. Bush at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania Transcript of remarks from September 11, 2021 commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11. September 11, 2021 … As a nation, our adjustments have been profound....
by jpitney | Sep 11, 2021 | California Politics
Joe Rodota at Hoover: In 2003, California voters faced a decision: whether to recall the incumbent governor, Gray Davis and replace him with someone from a list of 135 would-be chief executives, including one of the most famous individuals on the planet at the time,...
