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Congress’s Electoral Methods
Tom Mast, founder Solve American Gridlock January 2023 This post to the Solve American Gridlock website blog and our Facebook page begins...

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Jan 20, 20236 min read


Speaker of the House Election
Tom Mast, founder of Solve American Gridlock January 3, 2023 I decided to jot down some thoughts today, January 3, after watching some of...

Tom Mast
Jan 5, 20234 min read


Let’s Establish a Functional Congress
Tom Mast, founder of Solve American Gridlock Let me point out at the outset that this paper focuses solely on electoral methods for the...

Tom Mast
Dec 2, 20224 min read


Let’s Establish a Functional Congress
Tom Mast, founder of Solve American Gridlock Let me point out at the outset that this paper focuses solely on electoral methods for the...

Tom Mast
Oct 31, 20224 min read


Polarization and Dysfunction in Congress and in the States Too!
Tom Mast, Solve American Gridlock founder Reference: The Disunited States, The Economist, September 3, 2022 The lead editorial in the...

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Oct 25, 20223 min read


Tale of Two Parties III
Tom Mast, founder Solve American Gridlock #congress #politics What has been happening in Congress the past decade? Regular order has...

Tom Mast
Oct 18, 20221 min read


Tale of Two Parties II
Tom Mast, founder Solve American Gridlock #congress #politics Political parties have existed in America almost since its inception. ...

Tom Mast
Oct 13, 20222 min read


Tale of Two Parties I
Tom Mast, founder Solve American Gridlock #congress #politics Drutman writes in Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop about the views of...

Tom Mast
Oct 8, 20221 min read


Congressional Elections: Do They Work Well?
Tom Mast, founder of Solve American Gridlock We are scheduled to have another election in early November to elect members of the U.S....

Tom Mast
Oct 6, 20223 min read


Let’s Pretend
Tom Mast, founder Solve American Gridlock Let’s pretend, please, something that won’t work your grey cells too hard. Pretend that for...

Tom Mast
Sep 13, 20222 min read


An Opportune Break! The West Virginia v. EPA Decision
The Supreme Court in West Virginia et al v. EPA et al ruled June 30 that the case is a “major questions case”, meaning that Congress must...

Tom Mast
Jul 1, 20223 min read
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