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Republican party

Published
November 26, 2017

Jim Fossel: Tax reform requires bipartisan support

If Republicans are willing to make changes to provisions and cut controversial ideas, they could get the votes they need from Democrats.
Published
November 19, 2017

Cynthia Dill: Republican tax plan won’t benefit many Mainers

Maine voters were wise to reject a casino and should view this proposal the same way.
Published
November 19, 2017

Our View: Poliquin hurt Mainers with vote for tax bill

Huge windfalls for corporations will not trickle down to most of the people he represents.
Published
November 17, 2017

Ruth Marcus: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ serves as a model for Republican tax legislation

Don't be fooled that the bill will cost only $1.5 trillion, or that provisions will have a 'sunrise' and 'sunset.'
Published
November 15, 2017

Leonard Pitts: Lesson from elections – If anti-Trump crowd gets energized and votes, it wins

His backers won't change; they can only be defeated. Last week's voting results show that's not impossible.

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Published
November 12, 2017

Another View: Flake’s speech, like Smith’s, should inspire colleagues

A historian's commentary wrongly dismisses the value of Sen. Margaret Chase Smith's famous address.
Published
November 11, 2017

Another View: Tuesday’s spate of wins won’t heal Democratic divide

The party shouldn't expect anti-Trump fervor to substitute for a unifying agenda in 2018.
Published
November 10, 2017

George Will: Wouldn’t it be nice to have a tax code designed on purpose?

Today's bill, which is 429 pages long, is an implausible instrument of simplification.
Published
November 9, 2017

Dana Milbank: The name was Gillespie, but it was Trump on Virginia’s ballot

This time, the cultural warrior lost, as he sorely deserved to.
Published
October 29, 2017

Commentary: Flake’s Senate floor speech rekindles memories of Margaret Chase Smith

Jeff Flake's Senate floor speech calls to mind Margaret Chase Smith's similarly stirring, yet ineffectual, address in the same chamber.