Local readers may have heard, as I have, that Whitewater’s Community Development Authority chairman recently thanked Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner for federal legislation. Sensenbrenner, for those unfamiliar, is a career office-holding septuagenarian multi-millionaire situated far from the city, serving in a gerrymandered district. (Sensenbrenner, whose only time is behind-the-times, once responded to concerns about online…
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Congress, Fashion
Good for Her
by JOHN ADAMS •
Martha McSally, a member of Congress from Arizona (R-02), chose to wear a sleeveless dress and open-toed shoes while speaking on the House floor. It’s not, to be sure, the most consequential act of these times, but the rules against such attire are unnecessarily restrictive. She’s dressed ordinarily for an American woman in the summer,…
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Rep. Justin Amash Does Right by Constituents
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s a theory that a Republican cannot attend a town hall in a climate of protest – one hears endless excuses on why they cannot attend in-person events. Republican Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan proves all this false: one can easily attend and manage angry constituents if one is clear in one’s views and welcoming of dissent:…