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By Nicholas Davies at 9:05PM
Jul 12, 2010

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 2010

According to the Cato Institute's summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the new health care bill is bad for taxpayers, businesses, health-care providers, and patients. However, I suspect it is good for the job security of the politicians who voted for it.

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By Creighton Harrington at 6:08PM
May 7, 2010

Mavericky Congress Members

In a newly published paper, Ben Lauderdale, a Ph.D. student in Princeton’s Department of Politics, uses a statistical analysis to plot the relative mavericky-ness of various members of Congress.

Is anyone surprised at who is the most "mavericky" in the House?

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