There is so much unfinished business that some Republicans in Washington are saying the unsayable: Just drop it.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
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Posted inLaw and Justice
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Posted inEducation in America
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Posted inLaw and Justice
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