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February 14, 2022
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Matt Ford
Death to the Acronym Bills!
The not-funny names that lawmakers invent to sell their policy ideas are evidence of a legislative body in deep decline.
November 20, 2019
Sam Adler-Bell
Why the Hell Did Democrats Just Extend the Patriot Act?
House leadership included the measure in a government funding bill—and even members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus went along with it.
June 2, 2015
Tim Starks
The Republican Party Is Shifting on National Security, It Just Doesn't Know How
September 13, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Ed Markey May Finally Have Found His Calling
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