Obama as the New Federalist? – Roll Call

Obama as the New Federalist?

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted July 2, 2008 at 12:00am

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Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His column appears on Wednesday in CQ Politics.

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