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John Samples

John Samples, Director of the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute, is author of The Struggle to Limit Government.

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Response: A False Golden Age

Representative Jim Cooper outlines a golden age of Congress during the speakership of Tip O’Neill. In those days, as Cooper would have it, members were cordial and debated the public good. Partisanship,...
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