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Roll Call: There’s No Sugarcoating Inflation

The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about the White House’s renewed focus on the economy and affordability, and puts in the context of the elections earlier this month. He argues there is still time for Republicans to take on these issues, and that, while tackling them

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Obama tells Democrats to toughen up. Is that enough?

Roll Call: The Shutdown – How Did We Get Here?

The Winston Group’s David Winston gives some historical context to the current government shutdown in today’s Roll Call: It’s important to remember that this is a crisis of the Democrats’ own making that goes back more than 15 years, with passage of the health care law in 2010. [The ACA]

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Roll Call: Voters Hate Shutdowns

The Winston Group’s David Winston writes about the government shutdown, and how voters tend to react to government shutdowns, in today’s Roll Call. Historical public opinion data from Winning the Issues research, which began in 1999, shows that the government shutdown in 2013 delivered the lowest point for voter attitude

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