 Views & Opinions |
Views & Opinions |
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With less than two weeks until a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is in an unenviable position, writes Democratic strategist Doug Schoen. "He must either risk his Speaker's gavel by sending a spending bill to President Biden's desk that would keep the government open, or stay in power by surrendering to the demands of the far-right members of his caucus, who favor a shutdown…" |
McCarthy has only himself to blame, writes Schoen. He caved to his far-right members to secure the Speakership, and now those members are demanding draconian spending cuts. Something similar happened in June, "when a fight over the U.S. debt ceiling ended in an 11th-hour deal, avoiding an unprecedented national default." But this time is different. Far-right members "have made clear that this time, it's all or nothing." Schoen thinks McCarthy should consider how government shutdowns have historically turned out, particularly the 1995-96 shutdown, which did not end well for Republicans. He writes that McCarthy "can either risk his own position to save his party and his country or save himself at the expense of the two. The right choice…couldn't be clearer." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, Sept. 19. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Steven Lubet, Williams Memorial Professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |
Chief Justice John Roberts really, really wants the ethics issues confronting the Supreme Court to go away. A good first step would be for the full court to begin ruling on recusal decisions, rather than leaving them to the discretion of each individual. After all, the Constitution creates "one Supreme Court," not nine supreme justices. |
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By James D. Zirin, former federal prosecutor |
In the Nixon years, not "all the president's men" went to jail. Four of Nixon's closest aides — John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson — were imprisoned for their transgressions; three others were indicted but narrowly escaped conviction. Those around Donald Trump face a similar fate. |
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By John Kenneth White, politics professor at The Catholic University |
Media narratives are hard to rewrite. Just as in 2019, the headlines about Biden's campaign are being replayed on cable news and social media. But one fact is clear: Never underestimate Joe Biden. When will the pollsters and the pundits ever learn? |
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By Brian Darling, former counsel to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) |
The out-of-control spending by our federal government has become a national security issue that is a far greater threat to American citizens than the ugly fight we are witnessing in faraway Ukraine. |
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