How partisan are House committees and does it matter for lawmaking?
By Josh M. Ryan In the U.S. House of Representatives, the majority party controls the committees, which in turn control the legislative development process. Standing committees are largely responsible… Read More
Committee Sheet: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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How do congressional committee staff turnover rates compare to personal staff turnover?
Congressional committees are typically thought of as bastions of policy expertise, where committed aides dive deep into the wonkery of narrow issue areas and make careers on Capitol Hill. After… Read More
Committee Sheet: Senate Committee on Finance
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Committee Sheet: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
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Can Member Characteristics Predict Committee Oversight Activity?
Image source By Brian D. Feinstein Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress last week drove home the gulf in outlook between Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. Companies like… Read More
Committee Sheet: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Member joining patterns across party factions in the 115th Congress
Image source: Politico By Danielle Thomsen Two main teams compete for partisan control in the contemporary Congress, but even in the current context of high partisan polarization, differences between members… Read More
Evaluating Congress’s information processing capacity
Two big questions emerged from the recent congressional capacity conference: “capacity for what?” and “capacity for whom?” These are great questions that ask us to think… Read More
Committee Sheet: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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