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Day guide ner made rounds on capitol hill. This is ten minutes. Good morning, everyone. The president has warned us about the dangers of going over the fiscal cliff. But his actions have not matched his public statements. Members of his own party seem quite comfortable with sending the economy over the fiscal cliff. On tuesday, we had productive conversation at the white house. Despite the claims that the president supports a balanced approach, the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts. Secondly, no substantive progress has been made in the talks between the white house an...

Opinion piece was ‘a disaster’

In his recent article, “So What Happens Now?” Leonard Pitts, wrote, “And by all means, abolish the Electoral College.” Right on cue, H.J. Res. 14 was introduced in the House by Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, on Jan. 11. It states: “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.” This effort is driven by the belief that because the Electoral College was established 234 years ago, the reasons for its establishme...