Commentary

by Lee Hamilton 

There have been encouraging signs that the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill wants to make Congress function again. They’ve talked about using conference committees more, allowing a more open process for rank-and-file members, enacting separate appropriation bills rather than using omnibus bills, and letting committees lead on legislation rather than hoarding all power in the leadership offices.

By Jerry Marsh 

Thanks to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) for some numbers that readers will not find coming from the Brownback administration. I know, more numbers. Numbers build character, just ask any math teacher. I can refer you to some good ones.

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When drovers trailed their wild longhorn cattle into Kansas, the dreaded cry of “Texas fever.” Could spread panic through the stock farms that were in their path. Also known as Spanish fever, the mysterious disease could lie dormant for years, as though it were merely the figment of a particularly cruel imagination.

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