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Beware of the Collapse of the ‘Open Presidency’

A presidency engaged in excessive secrecy. The list of grievances includes: threatening to withhold testimony from Congress, preventing judicial review of executive actions in combating terrorism, denying access to White House visitor logs, making policy without legislative involvement and then attacking the media critics who question the president’s actions.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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30 Hill Aides to Know

30 Hill Aides to Know

The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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