Next Meeting: Monday, September 19, 2016 at 12pm in the Capitol Visitors Center
Source: VisitTheCapitol.gov Save the date! We’ll be in the CVC and providing lunch to attendees. The topic du jour and an official invitation is forthcoming. Read More
How the Congressional Management Foundation Can Help Congressional Staffers
Blogpost by Kathy Goldschmidt, Congressional Management Foundation Innovations in technology have revolutionized how people communicate with one another and with their elected leaders, which has caused the number… Read More
Would Adding More Members to Congress Make It Function Better?
Source: Kevin R. Kosar Writing for Aeon, David V. Johnson says a legislature should be “large enough to reflect the interests of an entire people.” He notes that James… Read More
Watch Tuesday’s Meeting Live Online at 12pm (EDT)
We are livestreaming the July 26 meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group at https://plus.google.com/events/c1rtks4h3mmcskj6h9g05ma31t8. The topic is “CRS in the 21st Century” and we have posted… Read More
Save the Date: Next Meeting Is Tuesday, July 26 at 12pm
Please hold the date for the next meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. We will meet on Tuesday, July 26 from 12 to 1:30pm in the… Read More
Just How “Special” Are Special Elections?
By Jordan Ragusa and Gibbs Knotts [Another version of the post was published on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. Gibbs Knotts helped write this article.] On September 25th,… Read More
Register for the June 20 Meeting on Congressional Staffing
House Committee staff levels. Source: Lee Drutman and Steven Teles. We’ll meet in the Capital Visitors Center to discuss congressional staff. We chose this topic based upon your responses to… Read More
Survey Results: Congress Is Not Well Equipped to Do Its Job
We received 45 responses to our survey on legislative branch capacity. The figures below display the aggregate responses, which came from Hill staff and close watchers of Congress. Figure… Read More
Save the Date: Meeting On June 20 at 12pm
Please hold the date for the next meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. We will meet on Monday, June 20 from 12 to 1:30pm in the Capitol… Read More
Last Call: Please Complete the Quickie Survey On Congress!
we want our meetings and research to focus on your interests. So please complete the survey at: http://www.legbranch.com/theblog/2016/5/12/survey It takes 3 minutes and is utterly anonymous. Thank you!… Read More