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Remembering Madison

Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by Corie

I’m devastated to share that my sweet Madison has passed away. She was ten and a half years old and had been fighting a terminal form of brain cancer. In perfect Maddie style, she retained her lifelong puppy personality and went both quickly and on her own terms. There was no prolonged suffering, no total…

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Amash’s critics miss the fact that partisanship is the enemy of compromise

Posted on July 12, 2019August 6, 2019 by Corie

-Originally published at The Hill- It’s been a week since Rep. Justin Amash declared his independence from the Republican Party, and his criticisms of how partisanship is destroying what should be a deliberative process in the House of Representatives appear to have struck a nerve with some of his colleagues. In this publication [The Hill], Rep. Paul Mitchell,…

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Sloshed on spending

Posted on February 19, 2019March 25, 2019 by Corie

–Originally published in Washington Examiner Magazine– On Tax Day 2009, I stood on the banks of Boston Harbor clutching a bullhorn. I was mad as hell at both parties for the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, bailout of the big banks and concerned that Democratic control of the White House and both houses…

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A New Bill Would Rein in Executive Overreach and the Administrative State. But Does Congress Really Want That Power?

Posted on January 11, 2019August 6, 2019 by Corie

–Originally published at Reason- This week saw the reintroduction of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. Sponsored by Sens. Rand Paul (R–Ky.), Chuck Grassley (R–Iowa), Joni Ernst (R–Iowa), Todd Young (R–Ind.), and Ted Cruz (R–Tex.), the REINS Act tackles two major libertarian priorities: reducing burdensome regulations and reining in executive…

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Can A Divided Congress Bring Us Smaller Government?

Posted on January 3, 2019August 6, 2019 by Corie

-Originally published at Arc Digital- January 3, 2019, marked the start of the 116th U.S. Congress. Democrats — led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi 2.0 — now control the House of Representatives for the first time since they lost it in the Tea Party wave of 2010; those halcyon days when Republicans campaigned on reducing the size of government and…

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