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  • 2017: When people set the agenda

    David Lightman, McClatchy Washington Bureau|Updated Dec 30, 2017

    Analysis WASHINGTON - 2017 was one of those seminal, once-in-a-generation years when Washington didn't set its own agenda, when constituents rather than leaders drove the debate and dialogue. Old rules of defining political success and influencing public policy were out. Organically driven movements, pushed by trending topics such as #MeToo, #TakeTheKnee and #lasvegasshooting drove the email traffic to congressional offices. Congressional leaders and the White House struggled...