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A long-time veteran of Washington policymaking, Mike Franc oversees Heritage's outreach to members of the U.S. House and Senate and their staffs. From 1993 to 1996, he served as Heritage's Director of Congressional Relations. In 1996, he served as Director of Communications for House Majority Leader Richard Armey of Texas. Before joining Heritage, he served in the Office of National Drug Control Policy and as Legislative Counsel for then-Representative William Dannemeyer of California. A graduate of Yale University, Franc earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
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Michael Franc (Nov 30, 2007)
The next president will be judged by the adequacy of his (or her) response to the two overriding challenges facing America today -- winning the war on terrorism and... more
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Michael Franc (Nov 09, 2007)
Amid all the chaos on Capitol Hill -- a possible vote to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney one day, shenanigans over the annual spending bills the next -- one constant has... more
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Michael Franc (Nov 02, 2007)
In July, the Treasury Department released a study cataloguing the ways our deplorable tax code restricts U.S. competitiveness. "Our tax system,” it said, “disrupts and... more
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Michael Franc (Oct 27, 2007)
“Showing apparent signs of concern over events in Iraq,” ABC News reported last week, Osama bin Laden warned his terrorist comrades that: “Your enemies are trying to... more
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Michael Franc (Aug 24, 2007)
Remember the endless end-of-session confrontations between President Reagan and the Democratic-controlled Congresses of the 1980s? Former Speaker Tip O’Neill and his allies... more
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Michael Franc (Aug 10, 2007)
Principled conservative lawmakers have been called many things as they doggedly pursue their quest for smaller government. In the House, liberals have resorted to using the... more
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Michael Franc (Jul 27, 2007)
During the heady days of 1993 when former First Lady Hillary Clinton assembled a group of health experts to reconfigure our health-care system, liberal strategists realized... more
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Michael Franc (Jul 20, 2007)
Liberals who favor withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq believe the situation there is relatively straightforward: We are enmeshed in a civil war, a deeply-rooted sectarian... more
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Michael Franc (Jun 08, 2007)
The role the Senate plays in our legislative process was best described by George Washington. “We pour legislation into the senatorial saucer,” he told a skeptical Thomas... more
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Michael Franc (Jun 01, 2007)
The debate over the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill has forced lawmakers to grapple with another contentious issue, namely: What exactly are the fiscal... more
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Michael Franc (May 11, 2007)
A certain irony surrounds the scheduled explosion of tax liability under the Alternative Minimum Tax. Namely, this is a "Blue State tax," with the heaviest concentrations of... more
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Michael Franc (Apr 27, 2007)
When President Bush proposed to enhance U.S. "competitiveness" by doubling federal spending on research in the physical sciences over the next decade, adding 100,000 math... more
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Michael Franc (Apr 20, 2007)
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert," Nobel economist Milton Friedman once quipped, "in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." Friedman's... more
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Michael Franc (Apr 02, 2007)
A recent poll by the Pew Research Center has unleashed a torrent of obituaries for the principles conservatives hold dear.
To Paul Krugman of The New York Times, the poll... more
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Michael Franc (Mar 23, 2007)
Get ready for the invasion of the armchair generals. With 535 Capitol Hill generals struggling to define every aspect of when and how our troops in Iraq may be deployed,... more
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Michael Franc (Mar 16, 2007)
In every legislative struggle, ideological boundaries inevitably emerge. Factions of conservative and liberal lawmakers and their allies define the right and left walls of... more
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Michael Franc (Mar 02, 2007)
"Welfare," it has been said, "is mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it." This may be true for those who deplore the loss of dignity... more