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Norman Ornstein
The Latest From Norman Ornstein
Ornstein: Congress Has Changed, Not for the Better, and Now It Needs Changing
Ornstein: Is Actual Change Finally Around the Corner?
Ornstein: A Tale of Two Filibusters
Ornstein: Government Non-Policies Are Damaging Science
Ornstein: Governance Takes Back Seat to Bickering
Ornstein: Court Ruling on Recess Appointments Is an Exercise of Judicial Overreach
Ornstein: Strange Times Lead to Great Opportunities
Ornstein: No Budget, No Pay Is No Solution
Ornstein: Nominees Deserve Due Deference, Not Cheap Shots
Ornstein: If Our Societal Equation Includes Guns, Let’s Act to Contain Them
Examining the Fiscal Cliff Debate as an Endgame
On Rudman and the Future of Campaign Finance
A Bipartisan Way to Overhaul Filibuster Rules
Optimism About the 113th Congress
Office of Congressional Ethics Must Survive
Here’s How to Avoid Another Election Debacle
On Mitt Romney, Medicare and Making the Math Work
Howard Berman’s Travel Should Get Credit, Not Knocks
Trying to Make the Math Add Up on Medicaid
What Would It Take for Action on Fiscal Cliff?
Mitt Romney Must Offer Solution for Working Poor
Gov. Christie, Answer These Tough Questions
Farm Bill Slog Mirrors Transportation Fight
McConnell’s Own Words on Senate Gridlock
ID Laws Signal Need for New Voting Rights Act
Health Care Decision Cements Law, Not Debate
An Expanded Natural Gas Focus Is No-Brainer
Mitch McConnell Vs. Himself on Disclosure Issues
Partisan Bickering on Spending Bills Is Warning
After Solving Student Loan Issue, Look at Costs
What Happens if We Go Off the Fiscal Cliff?
Some Good News, but Bad News Outweighs It
Research Cuts Are Akin to Eating Seed Corn
Shaky Export-Import Bank Deal No Portent of Progress
Broadcasters Betray Trust With Citizens United
Four Hearings on the GSA Scandal Is Overkill
Ryan’s Budget Matters, Even If It Goes Nowhere
No Labels Has Many Good Ideas, and a Bad One
Health Care Debate Remains Mired in Politics
Honoring Two Models of Political Discourse
Spectrum Auction Deal May Haunt Congress
Obama, GOP Budgets Present Clear Choices
Obama’s Tactic Could Yield Political Results
Blame Game on Lack of Super PAC Disclosures
Obama Should Force Recess Appointment Fight
Effect of Citizens United Felt Two Years Later
Shame on the Senate for Confirmation Games
GOP Predictions Are No Easier as Clock Ticks
Barney Frank Will Be Missed, Unlike Super Committee