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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

We now have our own account: https://twitter.com/legbranch —please follow us!… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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