Lee H. Hamilton
Billions In Massive Cuts To Public R&D Money Threatens U.S. Technological Innovations
Even great companies like Apple benefited from U.S. government research Five years ago, the federal government spent $169 billion to fund basic research and ...
How To Fix U.S. Congress And Make It Work Again
Lee H. Hamilton [Democracy’s Challenges] These are hard times for Congress. Its approval ratings have seen a bump from their historic lows of a ...
U.S. Budget Process: How Congress Abdicated Its Role
Former Rep. Lee Hamilton [Politics] Now that Congress has its immense, $1.1 trillion bipartisan funding bill in hand, Capitol Hill is breathing easier. They ...
Democracy At Bay: 12% Trust U.S. Government To Do The Right Thing
Lee Hamilton Of all the numbers thrown at us over the course of last year, one stands out for me. I hope we can ...
How Not To Govern: America’s Permanent Lame Duck Congress
Former Rep. Lee Hamilton Things that ought to be done are not getting done Congress is winding down its historically unproductive session with a ...
A US Congress Aiming To Under-Achieve
House Speaker John Boehner Congressional budget negotiators are moving to meet a December 13 deadline to produce, well, something. For weeks, we’ve been told ...
For A Democracy Dogged Journalism Is A Blessing, Not A Curse
Edward Snowden [This Democracy] Let’s start with the obvious: A democracy needs intelligence agencies. It needs to know what’s happening in the world — ...
To Succeed, Tax Reform Debate Can’t Be Treated Like Mafia WItness Protection Program
Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch. Can’t allow senators witness protection program if you want meaningful debate [Commentary: National] As Congress moves forward on budget ...
