The National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee’s latest CD-17 ad strikes a familiar theme: U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards‘ support of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Focusing on the national debt and unemployment rates, the spot says Edwards and Pelosi “increased our debt,” passed laws that “discouraged hiring,” and spent $800 billion on a failed stimulus plan.  

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Morgan Smith was a reporter at the Tribune from 2009 to 2018, covering politics, public education and inequality. In 2013, she received a National Education Writers Association award for “Death of...