For Lasting Regulatory Reform, Congress Must Act
The Wall Street Journal’s lead editorial from April 18, “Trump’s Deregulation Project,” applauded President Donald Trump’s early deregulatory moves, such as issuing Executive Order 13771 and whacking Obama-era… Read More
Save the Date: Next Meeting On May 23, 2017 at 12:30pm
Please hold the date for the next meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. We will meet on Tuesday, May 23 from 12:30 to 2:00pm in Dirksen Senate Office… Read More
Rep. Derek Kilmer On Efforts at Bipartisanship
You can listen to Michael Golden’s half-hour interview with Rep. Kilmer at http://michaelgolden.me/podcast/washington-state-congressman-derek-kilmer/… Read More
Podcast with Michael Golden Regarding Congressional Reform
Image source: http://michaelgolden.me/podcast/ Understandably, politics, policy (military, health, etc.), and re-election tend to swamp the minds of those who serve on Capitol Hill. What tends to get crowded out is thinking… Read More
When Presidents Try to Primary Congressmen
Source: http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/fdrs-controversial-speech-barnesville by Rob Oldham In Barnesville, Georgia in August 1938, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, recently elected to his second term in 1936, shared a stage with Senator Walter George, the… Read More
Trump is Tweeting Threats at the Freedom Caucus. Good Luck with That
Illustration credit: Andrew J. Clarke, Washington Post Monkey Cage. Andrew J. Clarke writes: “Following the Republican failure to repeal and replace Obamacare last week, President Trump took aim at… Read More
What Members of Congress Think Is Wrong With Congress
For those who feel Congress is in need of some modicum of reform, we should read carefully the words of those who experience first-hand the problems found within the… Read More
ICYMI: Group Strives to “Make Congress Great Again”
Photo credit: Tom WIlliams/CQ Roll Call Congressional Quarterly/Roll Call published a very fine article on the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. You may read it at http://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/group-strives-make-congress-great… Read More
Next Meeting on April 12: Does Congress Have the Capacity It Needs In Foreign Affairs?
The eighth meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group is on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 12pm in the Capitol Visitors Center. The subject to be discussed is, “Does… Read More