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Economic Issues Facing fiscal realities -- for real Fiscal experts at First Year forum urge frank talk about deficits Howard Witt Miller Center
The Presidency By the Book: Richard M. Nixon Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 37th president Ken Hughes Miller Center
Elections The “General” Election: Ulysses S. Grant (1868) The “General” Election is a four-part blog series examining how career generals won the presidency and governed Stefanie Georgakis Abbott Miller Center
Economic Issues Restoring fiscal sanity Historically, a president’s first year in office has been an auspicious time for getting major tax and spending bills through Congress. Molly Michelmore Washington and Lee University
The Presidency By the Book: Lyndon B. Johnson Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 36th president Guian McKee Miller Center
Health Repeating LBJ's mistakes in 2016 Lyndon Johnson made a political choice on health care that Democratic presidential candidates shouldn't repeat Tony Lucadamo Miller Center