Topic: Legislative Procedure (page 23)

By Kevin R. Kosar Politico reports: “Seeking to avoid a full House vote on the so-called “resolution of inquiry” — a roll call that would be particularly embarrassing… Read More

Yes, writes Sean Davis at The Federalist, and the Senate can do so while allowing robust debate. The path, Davis argues, is via the “two speech” rule: “By enforcing… Read More

Photo credit: McConnnell.senate.gov by Rob Oldham For the first time in six years, we have unified government. With Republicans in charge of the House and the Senate… Read More

Or Is the Problem the House’s Guidance on Transition Work? By Michael L. Stern Last Monday, Politico reported that senior Republican staffers on the House Judiciary Committee… Read More

In The Hill, Don Wolfensberger writes: In following the election of House Speakers in recent years, it is hard to overlook the common thread of their acceptance speeches:… Read More

Was the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act repealed this week? What is all this talk about reconciliation and vote-a-rama? The answers to these questions and more are in Molly… Read More

Photo credit: Appropriations.house.gov Yes, say professors Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman. They write in the January 4, 2017 Washington Post: Beginning in the mid-1990s, Republicans limited their chair positions to three… Read More

Yes it does, according to professors Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman, who direct the Legislative Effectiveness Project. By their calculations, a “typical lawmaker with above-average bipartisanship is about… Read More

Bloomberg News’ Billy House reports: “U.S. Speaker Paul Ryan and his Republican lieutenants want to hit fellow lawmakers with fines and potential ethics violations if they engage in live-streaming… Read More

Source: C-SPAN2 Mere mention of the word “oversight” can make a public administrator queasy. It’s not because bureaucracies inevitably have something tawdry or corrupt to hide. Indeed, government agencies often… Read More