Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it’s been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.
Ronald Reagan
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Jimmy Carter is no saint in my house
For President Biden’s legacy, we should look to late President Jimmy Carter’s history in Central America.
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Carter’s single White House term still stirs controversy after more than 40 years
Jimmy Carter was a former one-term governor from Georgia, almost unknown nationally, when he broke through in Iowa and New Hampshire early in 1976 and rode that momentum all the way to Washington.
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With Trump’s Panama Canal talk, it feels like 1976 all over again
It’s unclear how the issue of ownership of the Panama Canal became a talking point for President-elect Donald Trump this week, but the question has a long political history.
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Can Biden come back from a bad debate the way Reagan did in 1984?
After President Biden’s surprisingly weak debate performance this week, some defenders have pointed to other incumbents who stumbled in their first debate but recovered to win reelection.
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The dramatic story of Pointe du Hoc, the backdrop to Biden’s D-Day anniversary speech
Over 200 U.S. Army Rangers scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day to destroy German long-range guns stationed at the top. Less than half remained standing after two days of fighting.
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RIP George H.W. Bush
Scott MacKay remembers President George H.W. Bush, son of a senator and father of a president
