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...although Dukakis lost the election to George H.W. Bush by a large margin—he garnered 111 electoral votes to Bush??s 426—among the most memorable aspects of 1988 election was Dukakis’s reaction to the “Willie Horton” scandal...
Finally, instead of surrounding himself with a team of rivals, it is well documented that George W. Bush??s cabinet was filled with like-minded individuals. There was not enough diversity of thought or opinion, and many consider this a fatal flaw of his administration. Does Harvard’s leadership realize that they are making the same mistake...
...described the effect of reconciliation as “catastrophic.” The Republican criticisms are highly disingenuous, however; of the 22 times reconciliation has been used since 1980, 17 were by Republicans. Most notably, the measure was used to pass both of President Bush??s tax cuts—an especially salient example, considering the 2003 tax-cut bill passed only after a tie-breaking, 51st vote cast by Vice President Cheney. Comparatively, the Senate passed its version of the health-care bill with 60 votes in December; if the tax cuts were passed using reconciliation...
...around this is the constitutional option, also known as the “nuclear option,” which technically only requires 51 senators to vote to alter the filibuster rules. Republicans threatened to go nuclear in 2005 in response to Democratic filibusters of a few of President Bush??s judicial nominees. For technical reasons, however, the constitutional option can’t be exercised until the start of a new Congress in 2011, thus offering no near-term solution to Democrats...
...record label that specializes in part in bluegrass music—will join scholars to discuss the roots of the genre. The day will culminate with an evening performance by Clint W. Miller ’11, Brown, legendary bluegrass fiddler Bobby Hicks, and mandolinist Sam Bush??who is credited with the invention of the “Newgrass” style...