Ten years of missed opportunities, from health care to education to national security to entitlements to fiscal stability
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Tourists walk past the U.S. Capitol in 2013.
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In 2010, the U.S. electorate responded to the overreach of the Obama administration — on health care, but not only on health care — by giving Republicans control of the House in 2010 and then the Senate in 2014. The Obama administration had big ideas. So did congressional Republicans. Both sides failed, and not only because of the other.
Republicans vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and Democrats vowed to implement it in full.
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Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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In 2010, the U.S. electorate responded to the overreach of the Obama administration — on health care, but not only on health care — by giving Republicans control of the House in 2010 and then the Senate in 2014. The Obama administration had big ideas. So did congressional Republicans. Both sides failed, and not only because of the other.
Republicans vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and Democrats vowed to implement it in full.
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About the Author
Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.
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