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“One thing members of Congress need to realize is how much their reliance on staffers is hurting the institution and helping make it unaccountable.”

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The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin.

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Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.

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I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law.

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Tom Coburn never forgot that members of Congress are spending the hard-earned money of the people back home. Even a lot of conservatives end…

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That the decision is taken away from the voters, and as in 2000 turned over to the lawyers and the courts.

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As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

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“As Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute says, what these cases have in common is a view by the Justice Department that “federal power…

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I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case.

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One Blue Dog Democratic House Member reminded me earlier this month of the saying that 'insanity is doing the same thing over and over…

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Dozens of members of Congress will be retiring next month, and some should be missed. But there is only one Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma…

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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

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We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September…

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It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

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As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic…

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As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to…

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