Marc JohnsonJul 26, 20194 minOur Grandkids are Going to Hate Us…House and Senate leaders and the president apparently reached a two-year budget agreement this week that increases federal spending by $3...
Marc JohnsonJul 26, 20194 minOur Grandkids are Going to Hate Us…House and Senate leaders and the president apparently reached a two-year budget agreement this week that increases federal spending by $3...
Marc JohnsonFeb 1, 20194 minOld GOP Con Runs out of Steam…When Oregon Republican Congressman Greg Walden went to Bend, Oregon recently for his first town hall meeting there in two years he came a...
Marc JohnsonFeb 1, 20194 minOld GOP Con Runs out of Steam…When Oregon Republican Congressman Greg Walden went to Bend, Oregon recently for his first town hall meeting there in two years he came a...
Marc JohnsonDec 31, 20155 minWhat I Got Wrong in 2015…“Get ready for the “Bush Rebounds” stories. You heard it hear first.” One of my less-than-perfect predictions from 2015 ——— In the spirit...
Marc JohnsonDec 31, 20155 minWhat I Got Wrong in 2015…“Get ready for the “Bush Rebounds” stories. You heard it hear first.” One of my less-than-perfect predictions from 2015 ——— In the spirit...
Marc JohnsonJan 20, 20144 minDeath of a ConsensusThe consensus did not mean that the “site,” as locals call it, would ever be free from controversy. Then-Gov. John V. Evans, a Democrat, ...
Marc JohnsonJan 20, 20144 minDeath of a ConsensusThe consensus did not mean that the “site,” as locals call it, would ever be free from controversy. Then-Gov. John V. Evans, a Democrat, ...
Marc JohnsonNov 20, 20135 minA Plane as a Budget LessonWashington Sen. Patty Murray and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairs of the Congressional budget committees, continue talking in an effo...
Marc JohnsonOct 18, 20134 minGo Big or Go HomeThe president might start by remembering that there are three things in politics that can be enormously powerful, but are almost always v...
Marc JohnsonDec 31, 20125 minWhat’s WrongHarrison – everyone called him Pat – wouldn’t recognize the U.S. Senate today and I’m guessing he’d be appalled by the current leaders, H...
Marc JohnsonAug 27, 20125 minNary a WordFormer Republican Sen. Alan Simpson has one message in his post-Senate life as a truth teller about the nation’s fiscal health. Simpson i...
Marc JohnsonNov 21, 20113 minNo Surprise HereAt its birthing the Super Committee seemed to have it all – bi-partisan endorsement from both houses of Congress, senior and generally re...
Marc JohnsonNov 8, 20113 minSuper CommitteeYou thought perhaps that Thanksgiving was all about Grandma’s cranberry relish, Aunt Mae’s pumpkin pie and a nap on the sofa while a foot...
Marc JohnsonAug 2, 20113 minThe DealI predicted a week ago that the “sensible center” would ultimately behave like adults and avoid a federal government default, but by last...
Marc JohnsonJul 22, 20112 minPat MoynihanThe late, great Senator from New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was asked back in 1993, when Congress was debating an earlier federal bud...
Marc JohnsonJul 12, 20113 minThe AnswerThe thing that may be the most maddening about the current deficit reduction/debt ceiling kabuki dance in Washington, D.C. is that every ...
Marc JohnsonFeb 27, 20113 minSymbolic CutsNoted documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has waded into the fray over eliminating federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcastin...
Marc JohnsonFeb 14, 20113 minGetting SeriousYou’ll hear a lot of politicians making speeches over the next few days regarding the imperative of getting the federal budget under cont...
Marc JohnsonJan 17, 20112 minGreat Speeches WeekIt is Martin Luther King, Jr, Day, a good day to remember Dr. King’s remarkable impact on the evolution of American notions about civil r...