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ICYMI: Good reads on Congress

December 8, 2017
Chart of the Week: Senate Dems reference deficits more often than Republicans Source: https://www.quorum.us/resources/ Jessie Blur, “Hacking congressional culture: technologists take aim at legislative problems,” Federal Times “This I think… Read More
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New: James Wallner, On Parliamentary War: Partisan Conflict and Procedural Change in the U.S. Senate (University of Michigan Press)

December 6, 2017
The R Street Institute’s James Wallner has a new book out: On Parliamentary War.  “Dysfunction in the contemporary Senate is driven by the deteriorating relationship between the majority… Read More
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Sexual harassment on the Hill: It’s time for employees to have the same legal support as legislators

December 5, 2017
A letter to congressional leadership re: sexual harassment from dozens of former Hill staff. By Kevin Mulshine Invisible to the public and most Capitol Hill staffers, robust, capable “law firms”… Read More
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Committee sheet: House Committee on Ethics

December 4, 2017
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ICYMI: Good reads on Congress

December 1, 2017
Where does the boundaries of voters’ choice end and the Senate’s authorities begin? Source: Wikipedia . Stan Brand, former general counsel for the U. S. House of Representatives, writes:  “[E]xpelling… Read More
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Deep Dive: Burgat and Glassman: What’s wrong with Congress? What’s right?

November 28, 2017
R Street Governance Fellow Casey Burgat interviews Matt Glassman, Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Government Affairs Institute, on all things Congress In the first episode of a new video series for… Read More
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Committee sheet: House Committee on Energy and Commerce

November 27, 2017
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To modernize Congress, strengthen its ability to deliberate

November 25, 2017
Matt Glassman writes in the November copy of the Ripon Society: As an institution, Congress does not appear very different than it did 200 years ago. It remains… Read More
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Capitol Hill Lunch: Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Limitations in the U.S. Senate

November 22, 2017
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Committee sheet: House Committee on Education and the Workforce

November 20, 2017
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