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COMMENTARY

Should there be an age limit on public service?

BY: - August 4, 2023

Senate Leader Mitch McConnell’s brain freeze moment along with Senator Dianne Feinstein’s faux pas in an Appropriations hearing last week has once again ignited the so-called “ageism” debate in the national discussion. How old is too old to serve? Particularly in positions of national leadership? The US Constitution, of course, has long established the minimum […]

Progessives raise doubts about Manchin deal on environmental permitting

BY: - September 7, 2022

More than 50 U.S. House members are objecting to a push to revise federal environmental permitting requirements for energy projects — part of a deal Democratic leaders struck with U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III to win passage of their climate, health and taxes bill that passed last month. The House members signed onto a letter […]