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The 2017 Jacob K. Javits Prize for Bipartisan Leadership honorees have been announced. Read about them and RSVP for the November 7, Capitol Visitors Center event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-jacob-k-javits-prize-for-bipartisan-leadership-tickets-38092243927… Read More

  Try it yourself at http://www.legbranch.com/theblog/2017/9/29/how-wealthy-are-our-representatives?rq=wealthy … Read More

Listen to Kathy Goldschmidt (Congressional Management Foundation) and Kevin Kosar (R Street Institute) the discussion on Federal News Radio at https://custom.federalnewsradio.com/interviews-shows/fedtalk-doing-more-with-less… Read More

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The bad old days. Joseph Keppler, “The Bosses of the Senate,” Puck , 1889. U.S. Senate Collection (cat.no.  38.00392.001 ) Jeff Davis on “The rule that broke the Senate,”… Read More

Casey Burgat and Joshua Huder write at the Brookings FixGov Blog: “Congress is failing to do its job in large respects, particularly when it comes to government spending. But… Read More

Episode #284 of Banter, an American Enterprise Institute podcast, features R Street Institute’s James Wallner and Grinnell College’s Peter Hanson. You can listen in at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/banter-an-aei-podcast/id427915745?mt=2# or https://ricochet.com/podcast/banter-284-james-wallner-peter-hanson-senate-filibuster/… Read More

Source: HistoryNet.com Gregory Kogor writes at the Ripon Society: “Should Senate Republicans abolish the filibuster?  The filibuster is not specifically established by the U.S. Constitution.  Then again, neither are political… Read More

By John Rackey In a recent article, Ezra Klein declared the Senate broken. The culprits, according to Klein, are the increased use of the filibuster and the reconciliation… Read More