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Mick Mulvaney, Opinion Contributor

Mick Mulvaney, Opinion Contributor

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Mulvaney: Trump is correct, authority over abortion should be returned to the states

I honestly don’t know what all the hubbub is about. After all, giving authority over abortion to the states has been Republican orthodoxy for nearly...

17.04.2024 5

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Mulvaney: No Labels’ effort failed because its basic premise was wrong

The bottom line is that the voters have spoken. And for all the chatter about how no one really wants Trump versus Biden, that is precisely what the...

10.04.2024 3

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Mulvaney: How Biden’s regulations are driving up inflation

Every time Biden's administration adds another regulation making it harder or more expensive, to bring those goods and services to market, the more...

03.04.2024 10

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Mulvaney: When are taxes going up?

Simply put: The government has never had so much money. So yes, we do have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. 

20.03.2024 10

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Mulvaney: The president’s budget is meaningless, the rules on spending need a re-write

If you care about spending at all, you can basically always ignore the president’s budget. The only things you need to pay attention to are the...

13.03.2024 5

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Mulvaney: Does focus on the federal debt mean less spending is on the horizon?

It is axiomatic that Washington does not lead, it follows. Until voters start caring about federal debts, most elected officials won’t care,...

06.03.2024 9

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Mulvaney: The primary voters Trump should worry about

5,000 people took the time to go to the polls for a relatively meaningless primary, when they didn’t have to, and pull the lever for someone who...

28.02.2024 4

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Mulvaney: Americans want a viable third party candidate, can No Labels find one?

You can’t beat something with nothing. And right now, No Labels has nothing.

21.02.2024 10

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Mulvaney: If Democrats seek a replacement for Biden, here’s who will help guide them

Democrats have certainly gotten themselves into a pickle, that gets harder to get out of with each passing day. But if they decide to go a different...

14.02.2024 8

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Mulvaney: If it's about the economy, Biden can win; if Father Time decides, it’s a different story

What if Biden’s dismal approval numbers are driven by concerns that voters have about his age and his mental acuity?

07.02.2024 5

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Mulvaney: Haley choses refreshing honesty in South Carolina expectations 

Haley responded that she didn’t feel she needed to win, but she needed to do better than she did in New Hampshire. She is probably right. She has a...

31.01.2024 10

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Mulvaney: Why a 2,335 vote margin in Iowa likely guaranteed Trump the nomination

Although New Hampshire will essentially be a two-person race, South Carolina and the first Super Tuesday states will not. Trump will, as he did in...

17.01.2024 6

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Mulvaney: Democrats play a dangerous game with dire warnings about Trump

The language the Democrats and the critics are using to describe Donald Trump has now gone so far beyond the pale that it is frightening.

10.01.2024 6

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Mulvaney: Returning college campuses to bastions of tolerance and respectful free speech

Better to have antisemitism exposed, in all its brutal ugliness and corrected than to let it keep festering in silence. That is what last week’s...

13.12.2023 3

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The Hill’s Top Lobbyists 2023  

In January, Capitol Hill opened its doors to lobbyists once again after pandemic restrictions were lifted. That means corporate lobbyists, hired guns,...

06.12.2023 5

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Mulvaney: Ahead of tonight’s GOP debate, a poll reveals many things may not be as they seem

The bottom line will be this: Can anyone consolidate the anti-Trump vote and peel off enough support from the former president to compete with him?

06.12.2023 2

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Mulvaney: Imagining a Biden-Trump deal that could return our politics to normalcy

Under the supposition that truth — especially in DC — is indeed stranger than fiction, here is one outlandish, outrageous idea that might not be...

29.11.2023 2

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Mulvaney: Why Republican candidates for federal office need to stop talking about abortion

Last week’s off-year elections have given rise to some new “conventional wisdom.” Most of which is wrong. One example: that it was a crushing...

15.11.2023 9

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Trump 2.0: It will be all about Trump

A key focus will be establishing the role of the “unitary executive,” which is something many Republicans have been wanting for decades.

08.11.2023 5

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Mulvaney: Candidate quality, not the Speaker, will decide who controls the House

Apparently, the big story last week was not that the House finally elected Mike Johnson to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker. The big...

01.11.2023 8

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Mulvaney: Will 'Deep State' sabotage Biden's Israel policy? 

As the war in the Middle East enters its third week, it is noteworthy that American policy has been surprisingly bipartisan and unified. The Biden...

25.10.2023 3

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Criticism of House GOP during early days of Israel-Hamas war is misplaced

The House of Representatives — or more accurately, Republicans in the House — have come under a great deal of criticism recently. A lot of it is...

18.10.2023 10

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Mulvaney: Fix the House: adopt Britain's non-partisan Speaker

I spoke at a conference last year with John Bercow. His name isn’t well known in this country, but his distinctive cry of “Order!” from the...

11.10.2023 3

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Democrats' cooperation in ousting McCarthy shows they have no interest in bipartisanship

Democrats just told the country that their desire for bipartisanship is just a talking point.

04.10.2023 90

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The House Freedom Caucus has apparently changed its rules

Apparently, the HFC has changed since 2015 — or at least, its screening process has changed.

27.09.2023 1

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Here's everything you need to know about Washington's 'shutdown season'

Despite what some politicians might have you believe, Social Security payments can still go out during a shutdown.

20.09.2023 3

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Democrats' campaign to suppress democracy

It is axiomatic in American politics that voters have short memories. Many politicians, and most of the media, absolutely depend on it.   Sometimes...

11.09.2023 1

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