D.C. dysfunction and the filibuster of Chuck Hagel (Op-ed)
D.C. dysfunction and the filibuster of Chuck Hagel (Op-ed)
- February 21, 2013
- An op-ed by Kevin O'Leary, CSD visiting faculty, is featured in the Daily Breeze, Press-Telegram, Pasadena Star-News, Los Angeles Daily News and Daily Bulletin February 21, 2013
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From the Daily Breeze:
Can you believe it? Our wildly dysfunctional Congress just took another step in the
wrong direction. "Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse,"
said an exasperated Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid after Republicans blocked former
GOP Senator Chuck Hagel's nomination to become defense secretary from coming to a
vote… Kevin O'Leary is a journalist and political scientist at the Center for the
Study of Democracy at UC Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_22639756/d-c-dysfunction-and-filibust....
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