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<title><![CDATA[Paul Brandus - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/25534.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Paul Brandus]]></description><category domain="25534">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden Had a Rocky Year, But It's Just the First Quarter]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/joe-biden-had-rocky-office-130017626.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the end, presidents are graded not on how they start but how they finish. But with inflation raging, what comes next is uncertain.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Had a Rocky Year, But This Is Only the First Quarter]]></title>
							<link>https://ca.style.yahoo.com/joe-biden-had-rocky-office-130017626.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the end, presidents are graded not on how they start but how they finish. But with inflation raging, what comes next is uncertain.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Won't Jim Jordan Testify Before Jan. 6 Committee?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/jan-6-investigation-rep-jim-jordan-said-he-has-nothing-to-hide-why-wont-he-testify/ar-AASH8RR</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s say there was a Democrat who lost a presidential election but couldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t admit it. He/she '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' with a well-known history for incendiary rhetoric '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' whipped hardcore supporters into a frenzy, telling them to march on the U.S. Capitol to "fight like hell'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Can Reset His Economic Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2021/12/20/joe-manchin-biden-learn-from-franklin-roosevelt/8967410002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden will have to reevaluate his plan for getting legislation through after Sen. Joe Manchin shut down Build Back Better plan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Doing a Great Job, So Why Are His Polls So Bad?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/jobs-jabs-infrastructure-prosperity-and-peace-thank-president-biden-for-his-service/ar-AAQwQ8Q</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden administration isn't doing enough to 'own the narrative.''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' When 60% of the country say'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' things aren't going well, well, something's up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Can Show That the Trump Era Is Over]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/06/08/trump-capitol-attack-taxes-russia-dejoy-rule-of-law/7503927002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump treated our Constitution and laws as doormats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Corporate Giants Are Too Big to Care About Boycotts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/04/07/boycotts-futile-coke-delta-baseball-know-their-customers-column/7118741002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Coke didn't cave, as Trump and others claim. It's just doing what Trump has always done: determining what's best for business and acting accordingly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Low-Key Presidency Shifts Into Higher Gear]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/24/joe-biden-first-news-conference-presidential-test-column/6964568002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's low-key presidency shifts into higher gear with his first news conference. If he's lucky, it will be dull despite the many crises he's facing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Win, Covid Vaccine Ensure 2021 Will Be Better]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/29/covid-vaccine-biden-win-ensure-2021-better-than-2020-column/4032079001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like all presidents, Biden will have missteps. But we won't have to worry about him lining his pockets or being secretly allied with a foreign power.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Are Better Off Under Trump, But America Isn't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/10/29/americans-say-better-off-but-not-america-trump-numbers-column/6046218002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gallup reports that 56% said they're better off than in 2016, but 56% also said President Donald Trump does not deserve to be reelected.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Guardrails on Trump After Senate Acquittal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/07/trump-unstoppable-pelosi-mueller-media-impeachment-fail-column/4679533002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump violated his oath,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Constitution and maybe the law the day after Mueller punted. Now the Senate has done the same and we know what's coming.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economic Woes, Not Impeachment, Could Doom Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/11/26/2020-trade-economy-worse-than-impeachment-for-trump-column/4260213002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump has a lot of work to do convincing Rust Belt voters that he should be president for another 4 years. Their states are facing economic downturns.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Worse Than Nixon: Did Trump Commit Treason?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/03/donald-trump-treason-makes-richard-nixon-look-good-column/3842953002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Russians attacked us. If the commander in chief who swore to defend us said it didn't bother him, this was 'giving them aid and comfort.']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi's Strategy Paying Off--U.S. Will Turn Against Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/09/25/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-impeachment-inquiry-bill-clinton-column/2438656001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi waited to launch an impeachment inquiry because she knew Donald Trump would do something to hang himself. He didn't disappoint.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make Trump America's Last Racist President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/17/donald-trump-racist-president-hates-what-makes-america-great-column/1743525001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why does Trump hate the things that make our country great? And how do the rest of us get beyond this hatred and ignorance?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite His Unpopularity, Trump Poised to Win in 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/03/15/donald-trump-democratic-primary-beto-sanders-warren-biden-socialism-column/3161065002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump hasn't expanded his base, but what he has is solidly behind him. Meantime, fractures within the Democratic Party are widening.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[6 Real Emergencies More Important Than the Border Wall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/11/donald-trump-border-wall-fake-emergency-six-real-crises-column/2535653002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump doesn't need to manufacture an emergency on the border. From the shutdown to declining life expectancy, there are real crises we need solved.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller, Dems and Economy Will End Trump's 'Great Time']]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/28/trump-rough-2019-robert-mueller-house-democrats-slow-economy-column/2406919002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A slowing economy. Robert Mueller. New York investigators. House Democrats. Prediction: A year from now, Donald Trump won't be having a 'great time.']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lay Off GM, It's Adapting to the Market - As It Should]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/28/donald-trump-politicians-should-support-general-motors-column/2138405002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Corporate nostalgia is one thing, economic survival is another. Leaders like Trump should encourage GM and other companies to innovate and adapt.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why a Roaring Economy Isn't Boosting Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/31/even-great-economic-numbers-cant-boost-donald-trump-approval-ratings-column/1137453002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A good economy isn't making Trump popular and probably never will. It's not in his DNA to be decent, classy or respectful of our fragile democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Is Paying for Trump's Trade War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/26/donald-trump-trade-war-china-deficits-payoff-farmers-column/840426002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We started a trade war with China that hurt farmers and now we're going to pay off the farmers with money we'll borrow from China.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Does Putin Have on Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/15/helsinki-summit-what-does-vladimir-putin-have-donald-trump-column/779478002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New Mueller indictments underscore that Vladimir Putin attacks, undermines and opposes America anytime he can. Russia is a hostile adversary. Why won't Trump admit it?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is a Republican Wrecking Ball]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/17/impeach-trump-paul-brandus-column/101746920/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I finished this column on Monday and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' started like this: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a waste of time, all these Democrats and lefty journalists talking so dreamily about impeaching President Trump. Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t they realize it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll never happen?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Isn't Making America Great Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/04/26/trump-100-days-make-america-great-again-paul-brandus-column/100889482/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are we great again yet? President Trump, closing in on his first 100 days, says things are going just fine. "I think we've had one of the most successful 13 weeks in the history of the presidency,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he said not long ago. It was only 11 at that point, but whatever.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Government Sachs Is Alive &amp; Well]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/12/23/trump-cabinet-billionaires-goldman-sachs-paul-brandus-column/95666200/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Do we really think these folks are going to change the very system that has been so good to them?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Tramples Hallowed Ground at Gettysburg]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/10/25/trump-tramples-hallowed-ground-gettysburg-paul-brandus/92692154/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At Gettysburg, a land sanctified by blood and arguably the most magnificent and consequential words ever uttered by an American president, Donald Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' who four score and 15 days ago accepted the nomination of what used to be Abraham Lincoln'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s party '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' invoked his name as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is a Vanity Project Run Amok]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/08/22/trump-donald-legacy-fame-reality-tv-entertainment-republican-history-column/89082144/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The dust of history takes many years to settle, but if he loses in November, here is how Donald Trump will likely be remembered 50 or 100 years from now. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll be seen by historians as a vanity project run amok; an outlier nominee, an old man with a lifelong flair for hucksterism...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barack Obama Is Not Neville Chamberlain]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/articles/547955/barack-obama-not-neville-chamberlain</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that we have secured a long-lasting peace with Iran, or that Tehran's deeply troubling bad behavior in the Middle East will be modified.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is It Too Late for Obama to Rescue His Legacy?]]></title>
							<link>http://theweek.com/article/index/262484/is-it-too-late-for-obama-to-rescue-his-legacy#axzz33hVZ6SoS</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama will be remembered as a historic, transformational president. But he probably will not be remembered a half century from now as one of the great presidents.That's something he's clearly still hoping to change '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' even though it's getting awfully late for him to move the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Party of Shutdowns &amp; Extremism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/09/the-far-right-gop-is-back</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Brandus</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a while there it looked like John Boehner, the embattled House Speaker, had finally reined in the fanatical Tea Party wing of his caucus.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' After all, it was just two months ago when Boehner wrangled 169 Republican votes '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' with just 62 dissenting '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' to approve the Bipartisan...]]></description>
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