A time to build Congress
Gallup polls show public approval of Congress remains around 20 percent. The dissatisfaction also is widespread within the Capitol. “This place sucks,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D, WV, vented… Read More
Congress rebuked but not reimagined
Source: CNN.com “If we break this contract, throw us out. We mean it.” So pronounced the bottom line of a Republican National Committee ad, which laid out the Contract… Read More
It’s time to strengthen legislative diplomacy
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (center; D-OH) with representatives of the Ukrainian and Georgian parliaments and scholars at the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress. Members of Congress on… Read More
Which senators and representatives tweet the most?
Source: Quorum.us Source: Quorum.us These questions and many more are answered in Quorum’s 2019 report, “Congress on Social Media.” Copies are available here. Read More
Old delay tactics won’t work in an impeachment trial
The House Judiciary Committee released its report to accompany the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump approved last week by its members on a party-line… Read More
Save the Date: January 10 conference on oversight
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The Senate already has Rules for impeachment trials
If the House votes to impeach President Donald Trump next week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., predicted that he and his colleagues would wait until after the… Read More
Resolution to modernize Congress introduced
Members of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress produced a resolution to upgrade the chamber through improvements to human resources and development, legislative technology, and more. The text… Read More
From citizens to data points: A word of caution for legislators
Source: RollCall.com. Currently, uses of technology in Congress are preventing citizens from meaningfully engaging with their policymakers. Technologies such as constituent databases provide helpful tools for collecting, storing, and… Read More
My meeting with the King of Jordan, or the inevitability of legislative diplomacy
Pope Francis addresses Congress in 2015. Editor’s note: This speech was given before the Open World Leadership Center’s conference on women in leadership and legislative diplomacy on November 19,… Read More