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US 'parliamentary' politics fans, not defuses, conflict

Thu, Apr 13, 2017 - 5:50 AM

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AMERICA'S Congress is quietly becoming a European-style parliament - and the transformation isn't for the good.

Congress is fanning, not defusing, conflict.

Although I have written about this before, the issue is worth revisiting because its significance is...

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