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Rob Port November 20, 2019 0

This guest post was submitted by North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer. He serves on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,...

Rob Port June 13, 2019 0

This week comedian Jon Stewart made headlines with a rant he went on during a meeting of the House Judiciary...

Rob Port January 8, 2018 0

Not so very long ago conservatives - including yours truly - railed against "pork barrel" earmark spending stuffed into bills...

Rob Port November 24, 2014 0

At the federal level we have faced continued gridlock during the past few years. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid famously...

Rob Port August 25, 2014 0

The framers of our Constitution were brilliant men. They constructed a government with built-in “checks and balances” to ensure that...

Rob Port January 28, 2014 0

The chart above was created by Jeff Dobbs, and it shows an interesting correlation between Congressional approval numbers and the...

Rob Port May 31, 2013 0

Tuesday morning, I was shocked to check my morning news feed and find out that Congresswomen Michele Bachmann (R-MN) would...

Rob Port May 15, 2013 0

If you read my book When Governance Worked you’ll find that some of what was contained in those musings is...

Rob Port April 15, 2013 0

In Great Britain they're getting ready to bury Margaret Thatcher, that country's first female Prime Minister. But here in America,...

Rob Port April 6, 2013 0

I have to admit I read the editorials of the Grand Forks Herald, the Fargo Forum and the Sarasota Herald...