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Rob Oldham

Rob Oldham is a political writer interested in legislative politics at the state and national levels.

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The Obamacare markets: Trump is making Democrats pay for writing an ambiguous law

November 9, 2017
P.L. 111-148 , also known as “Obamacare.” By Rob Oldham Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration has taken an important step in dismantling the Affordable Care Act by… Read More
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The 1986 Tax Reform Effort Shows that Republicans Have a Tough Road Ahead

October 11, 2017
Source:  https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26 By Rob Oldham If there is one thing that unites Republicans as different as Donald Trump, Paul Ryan (WI), and Susan Collins (ME), it is a general… Read More
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A Closer Look at a Trump-Schumer Deal to Eliminate the Debt Ceiling

September 19, 2017
Source: Bloomberg.com,  https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/the-debt-ceiling By Rob Oldham President Trump made waves in Washington when he agreed to a deal with congressional Democrats that provides relief from the damage caused by Hurricane… Read More
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When Presidents Try to Primary Congressmen

April 6, 2017
Source: http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/fdrs-controversial-speech-barnesville by Rob Oldham In Barnesville, Georgia in August 1938, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, recently elected to his second term in 1936, shared a stage with Senator Walter George, the… Read More
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When Unified Government Just Isn’t Enough

March 15, 2017
Illustration credit: Wikipedia. by Rob Oldham Don’t sound the alarm just yet, but it looks like the Republican Party’s policy agenda might be in trouble. Without a 60-member Senate… Read More
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What Place Will the Filibuster Have In the 115th Congress?

February 8, 2017
Photo credit: McConnnell.senate.gov by Rob Oldham For the first time in six years, we have unified government. With Republicans in charge of the House and the Senate… Read More
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About That Trump Term-Limit Proposal

January 9, 2017
Source: Bill Watterson by Rob Oldham In the waning days of his campaign for president, Donald Trump stoked the anti-Washington sentiment that had drawn in so many of… Read More
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Is Too Much Transparency Crippling Congressional Deal-Making?

November 27, 2016
The U.S. Congress: Too much or too little transparency? by Rob Oldham President-elect Donald Trump prides himself on being a deal-maker and has said that he hopes to… Read More
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Congressional Earmarks: Are We Better Off Without Them?

October 3, 2016
Source: Data for Social Science Good,  0 0 1 1399 7975 R Street Institute 66 18 9356 14.0… Read More