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Congress Needs to Lead on the Budget, Not the President

By Raymond Smock

3-5-13

Raymond Smock is Director of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at Shepherd University and was Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995.

GOP Leaders are Playing Chicken with the American Economy

By Robert Brent Toplin

2-25-13

Robert Brent Toplin is professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and has published several books about history, politics, and film, including "Radical Conservatism: The Right’s Political Religion."

Thomas Jefferson's Radical Plan to Avert the Fiscal Cliff

By Dennis Gaffney

3-4-13

Dennis Gaffney is an Albany writer. He recently co-authored the book "The Seven-Day Scholar: The Presidents." For more information on the book visit www.7dayscholar.com.

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