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On Civil Disorder http://t.co/Kx00k4kBfs

As Everett Dirksen neared the end of his life, he became increasingly concerned about civil u...

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Cuba is in the News--1959 http://t.co/wHL8oF2fzg

In an unscripted televised report to constituents on April 20, 1959, Senator Everett ...

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Congress as the First Branch of Government http://t.co/fcKwu2loMX

Fifty years ago as the 88th Congress drew to a close, Senate Minorit...

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Reforms that Could Fix Congress—Final Installment http://t.co/aUlWuZcyGQ

Last summer, former senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott, form...

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Reforms that Could Fix Congress—Part Six http://t.co/shiJWjeFVG

Last summer, former senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott, former congre...

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Still More Reforms that Could Fix Congress—Part Five http://t.co/bpEtlNAAed

Last summer, former senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott, f...

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Even More Reforms that Could Fix Congress—Part Four http://t.co/Vy4N7JVZUS

Last summer, former senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott, fo...

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More Reforms that Could Fix Congress--Part Three http://t.co/y5zseuIyiz

Last summer, former senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott, forme...

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Three More Reforms that Could Fix Congress http://t.co/PpKmIeIedF

Last summer, former senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott, former cong...

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Reforms that Could Fix Congress http://t.co/TgSSWhh4ul

Last summer, former senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott, former congressmen Bar...

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Happy Thanksgiving Season http://t.co/EDVQbZCFXP

I know that Thanksgiving has passed, and I had scheduled today’s post to appear on Th...

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How to Tell a Democrat from a Republican http://t.co/zgBPVUWYs6

In November 1962, the Ladies Home Journal published “To Be Read Aloud ...

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Could Today’s House Democrats Use the Republicans’ 1993 “Blueprint for Leadership”? http://t.co/dqh7N6m1Sk

When Bill Clinton replaced ...

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Neil MacNeil Reporting: The 88th Congress http://t.co/7Jlou3IHV4

As the historic 88th Congress drew to a close in the fall of 1964, Ti...

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Today's edition of Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball identifies 14 “quick takes” on the mid-term elections: 1. The po...

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The Morning Line (http://t.co/2AeRQvjw9y) carried a story today about the impact of money in the recent mid-term...

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Veterans' Day Remembered http://t.co/S8E6BjZpn0

Robert H. Michel (IL-18) represented central Illinois in the U.S. House of Representat...

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Tidbits from the Mid-Term Elections http://t.co/ClkHvbg8K3

Tidbits from the Mid-Term Elections For the first time in history, more tha...

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Lyndon Johnson and Everett Dirksen on the 1964 Elections http://t.co/YjSe4anTGo

Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson teleph...

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“Help, We’re in a Living Hell and Don’t Know How to Get Out” http://t.co/O5M7uNen3c

“Help, We’re in a Living Hell and Don’t Know How t...