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GAI Faculty in the news
GAI | October 30, 2014
UPI article on the upcoming midterm elections and the contentious battle for the Senate quoted GAI Senior Fellow Marian Currinder on what would transpire if Democrats lose control of the chamber: “I see the Democrats playing the exact same role that the Republicans have been playing the past couple of years, just obstructing and obstructing and waiting
Congressional Abdication at its Finest
Josh Huder | October 22, 2014
Ebola is the most recent “crisis” (footnote: “crisis” is a loose term given Ebola’s relative lack of impact on the health of individual Americans) highlighting a severe abdication of duty. Rather than produce a solution to the “crisis,” both parties appear content to campaign on the issue. Republicans’ talking points mirror those that arose during
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Kenneth Gold | October 13, 2014
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Phyllis O’Callaghan on October 3. From 2008 to 2012 Phyllis was Visiting Senior Fellow with the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, where she taught a Research Seminar on the Evolution of the Contemporary Congress, and was a member of the senior staff.
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Kenneth Gold | October 9, 2014
Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office issued its preliminary deficit projection for FY 2014, estimating a deficit of under a half trillion dollars. The FY14 deficit of $486 billion would be $195 billion under last year’s deficit, and the fifth consecutive year that the deficit has fallen as a percentage of GDP since the FY09 record
GAI Faculty in the news
GAI | October 8, 2014
Roll Call article quoted GAI Senior Fellow Josh Huder on Senators’ attendance record in committee hearings and meetings. You can view the rest of the story here
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Kenneth Gold | September 5, 2014
It’s September in Washington (yes, I know it’s September elsewhere as well). We’ve just returned to work from the long Labor Day weekend, school buses are again making our nightmarish traffic even worse, and the Washington Nationals are in first place in the National League East. Congress has returned from their August recess, and we’re
GAI Director Ken Gold on the federal budget process for FY15
GAI | July 11, 2014
Earlier this week, GAI Director Ken Gold spoke with Jack Moore from Federal News Radio to discuss the appropriations process for FY15. You can read more from the story here.
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Kenneth Gold | July 9, 2014
Prior to the start of this year’s World Cup, the United States had reached the semifinals only once, in 1930, at the first World Cup. The US team advanced beyond the round of 16 only one other time, when they beat Mexico in 2002, and reached the quarter finals. At the start of this year’s
Director’s Desk: June 9, 2014
Kenneth Gold | June 9, 2014
It’s been thirty-six years since Affirmed won the Triple Crown, horse racing’s greatest challenge. With California Chrome’s defeat on Saturday, twelve horses have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown since 1978, only to fail in the 1½-mile Belmont Stakes, the longest and most demanding of the three races. Some observers believe that
Director’s Desk: April 24, 2014
Kenneth Gold | April 24, 2014
When asked what they remember as the most significant event of 1994, people tend to be divided between the massive 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake that devastated Los Angeles and the arrest of O.J. Simpson on murder charges following the infamous slow motion car chase in the white Bronco. Some of us, however, also remember 1994