Author: Ripon Society
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Proxy Voting in the House in 2021
WASHINGTON, DC — Today The Ripon Society released an analysis of every proxy vote cast in the first session of the 117th Congress, looking at how a Member’s party, seniority, and geographic location affects their likelihood of voting by proxy.
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“No one party has a monopoly on good ideas. No one party has a monopoly on being good human beings.”
WASHINGTON, DC — The Ripon Society held a virtual discussion this past Thursday with the two Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5).
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Wisdom from our 26th President – January 25, 2022
“Fellow-feeling, sympathy in the broadest sense, is the most important factor in producing a healthy political and social life.” In Century, January 1900
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Texas Democrats and Republicans alike cast hundreds of votes by proxy in U.S. House in 2021
Texas Democrats and Republicans alike cast hundreds of votes by proxy in U.S. House in 2021
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Wisdom from our 26th President – January 18, 2022
“It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought.” Atlantic Monthly August 1894
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U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson: Members of Congress need to show up for work
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson: Members of Congress need to show up for work
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“Our hospitals are under an enormous strain.”
WASHINGTON, DC — In remarks to The Ripon Society, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton discussed the impact of the omicron variant on Michigan and the effort he is spearheading to craft a follow-up to the 21st Century Cures Act.
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Wisdom from our 26th President – January 11, 2022
“Our relations with the other powers of the world are important; but still more important are our relations among ourselves.” Inaugural Address March 4, 1905
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“We have an opportunity as Republicans to be the go-to party of practical solutions.”
WASHINGTON, DC – In remarks this past Thursday before a virtual meeting of The Ripon Society, U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) expressed optimism about Republican prospects in 2022.
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Wisdom from our 26th President – January 4, 2022
“The poorest of all emotions for any American citizen to feel is the emotion of hatred toward his fellows.” Speech in Oyster Bay, NY July 4, 1906
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Wisdom from our 26th President – December 21, 2021
“I wonder whether there ever can come in life a thrill of greater exaltation and rapture than that which comes to one between the ages of say six and fourteen, when the library door is thrown open and you walk in to see all the gifts, like a materialized fairy land, arrayed on your special…
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House’s proxy voting allows Democrats to keep tiny majority in charge
House’s proxy voting allows Democrats to keep tiny majority in charge