Get Your “Make Congress Great Again” Hat
Our “Make Congress Great Again” hats now come in red and blue. If you want a hat, e-mail your name, address, and preferred color to: operations@rstreet.org. Read More
Video of Meeting on: What Role Congress Should Have in Regulation?
Jarrett Dieterle (R Street Institute), Philip Wallach (Brookings Institution) and Kevin Kosar (R Street Institute) ponder and debate the role of Congress in regulation. This video carries the presentations given… Read More
Future headline: President Trump’s budget proposal re-breaks already broken appropriations process into itty bits… And that has other consequences.
By Joshua C. Huder That’s not likely to be the actual headline but it won’t be far off. On Tuesday, President Trump outlined his budget proposal which will include $54… Read More
Follow the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group On Facebook
Please follow us on Facebook, where we post and discuss our latest blog posts and white papers: https://www.facebook.com/Legislative-Branch-Capacity-Working-Group-1818867645003223/… Read More
Congressional Capacity and Presidential Unilateralism
Political scientists Alexander Bolton and Sharece Thrower offer an interesting, if not surprising, take on the use of executive orders by presidents since 1905. In short, congressional capacity affects… Read More
February 23, 2017 Meeting: What Role Should Congress Play in Regulation?
RSVP here. Historically, Congress has delegated great authority to the executive branch when it came to regulatory matters. For the most part, the executive branch has… Read More
Save the Date: Next Meeting on February 23, 2017 at 12pm
Photo credit: VisitTheCapitol.gov Please hold the date for the next meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. We will meet on Thursday, February 23, 2017 from 12 to 1:30pm… Read More
Video of Meeting: “Does Congress Have the Technology It Needs to Govern?”
The Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group met in the U.S. Capitol on January 17, 2017 to discuss Congress and technology. The speakers were: Kevin R. Kosar, R Street Institute… Read More
Half of House Members and Senators Have Served 8 Years Or Less
The Congressional Research Service released a report chock full of data on terms in office. Contrary to some popular caricatures, the average member of Congress is not an establishment… Read More
ICYMI: Reasserting Congress in Regulatory Policy
Last week, National Affairs journal released a special report: “Unleashing Opportunity: Policy Reforms for an Accountable Administrative State.” It includes a chapter on “Reasserting Congress In Regulatory Policy,” which… Read More