ICYMI: Congress’ Collective Action Problem and Shortage of Legal Brains
Illustration credit: https://nznoblog.org.nz/ Michael Stern, former Senior Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, writes: “Since at least the end of the Second World War, Congress has been at a substantial… Read More
Follow LegBranch.com On Twitter
We now have our own account: https://twitter.com/legbranch —please follow us!… Read More
ICYMI: Congressional Budget Office Head Defends Agency’s Work
Government Executive‘s Charles S. Cook writes: “The Congressional Budget Office, which has been threatened with staff cuts by Republican lawmakers upset with its forecasts on the impact of repealing… Read More
How a Rump of Renegade Republican Senators Could Restore Regular Order
The gentlemen from Arizona, with a hand from Sen. Susan Collins, could turn the chamber upside down. Lee Drutman writes at Vox: If Sen. McCain is truly serious about bringing… Read More
Rule 22 Blog Merges Into LegBranch.com
After 7 years, Rule 22 blog has moved to a new home. Jordan Ragusa and I now are contributors at LegBranch.com, the joint venture between R Street Institute… Read More
Presidential Signing Statements Are Declining, But Why?
Earlier this month, Presidential Donald J. Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which strengthened sanctions against Russia, North Korea, and Iran. While some observers speculated… Read More
Rep. Meadows Introduces Legislation to Lock In Regulatory Budgeting
By Jarrett Dieterle Rep. Mark Meadows recently introduced H.R. 2623, which would codify President Donald Trump’s “two-out-one-in” deregulatory executive order. That order requires agencies to eliminate… Read More
Video of Meeting on Congress and Evidence-Based Policy
The July 17, 2017 meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group examined the use of data and analyses in policy-making. Questions considered included: “What are the challenges Congress faces… Read More
The healthcare process is not just bad. It’s damaging.
There’s a lot of alk about the broken processes in the House and Senate, particularly around the healt are bill. Extraordinary secrecy has been employed to push the AHCA through… Read More
James Wallner Joins R Street Institute as Senior Fellow
James Wallner has joined the R Street Institute as a senior fellow and member of R Street’s Governance Project team and Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. Dr. Wallner… Read More