ICYMI: Top reads on Congress

February 16, 2018
Image Source: Daily Beast By Marian Currinder Budget, Appropriations, Earmarks David Hawkings, “When the Deal Precedes the Bid, Time to Change the Rules?” Roll Call: “But something largely overlooked… Read More

The struggle between objectivity vs. neutrality continues at the Congressional Research Service

February 13, 2018
By Kevin R. Kosar Recently, leadership of the Congressional Research Service and the Library of Congress were presented with a memorandum. It expressed concern that the agencies’ analysts,… Read More

Committee Sheet: House Committee on Small Business

February 12, 2018
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ICYMI: Top reads on Congress

February 9, 2018
By Marian Currinder   Congressional capacity, retirements, parties Matt Glassman, “Why Congress Doesn’t Always Do the Right Thing,” New York Times: “Will arguments to “do the right thing”… Read More

Committee Sheet: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

February 5, 2018
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ICYMI: Top reads on Congress

February 2, 2018
Image Source: USA Today By Marian Currinder Gridlock and Reform Charles Zug and Connor M. Ewing, “What happened to the State of the Union address? Originally, it helped the… Read More

ICYMI: Top reads on Congress

January 26, 2018
Source: Nation By Marian Currinder   Post-shutdown analysis/congressional dysfunction Joshua Huder, “The Real Takeaway from the Shutdown: Congress is Broken,” Politico: “The deeper issue is what this brief and… Read More

ICYMI: Top reads on Congress

January 19, 2018
Source: CFRB By Marian Currinder Damian Paletta and Erica Werner, “Looming shutdown raises fundamental question: Can the GOP govern?” Washington Post: “But the impasse raised deeper questions about the… Read More

Next meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group: January 23, 2018

January 13, 2018
Tuesday, January 23, 201812:00 PM  1:30 PM RSVP: https://intrapartyorganizations.splashthat.com/   The fourteenth meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group will examine the political and policy influence of… Read More

ICYMI: Top reads on Congress

January 12, 2018
Partisan Mindset By Marian Currinder James Taranto, “Moderate voters, polarized parties,” Wall Street Journal: “Those old enough to remember the decades before the ’90s, then, may tend to see permanent majorities… Read More