Committee sheet: House Committee on the Budget
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Video of meeting on appropriations and regular order
At the October 2017 meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group, Casey Burgat, Lee Drutman, Peter Hanson, and James Wallner examined and interpreted calls for “regular order” in the appropriations… Read More
Committee sheet: House Committee on Armed Services
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Committee sheet: House Committee on Agriculture
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ICYMI: How wealthy are our representatives? An interactive map
Try it yourself at http://www.legbranch.com/theblog/2017/9/29/how-wealthy-are-our-representatives?rq=wealthy … Read More
The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is hemorrhaging staff. Why?
At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) took over as chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee from Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO). Over… Read More
Data show how bad turnover was in Rep. Tim Murphy’s office
The well-known impetus for Rep. Tim Murphy’s (R-PA) forced retirement from Congress later this month was the bombshell revelation that he urged his mistress to undergo an… Read More
Committee Sheet: House Committee On Administration
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New LegBranch.com Resource: Committee Sheets
LegBranch.com Resource: Committee Fact Sheets Who is the ranking member on the House Administration committee? What are the Senate Banking committee’s key issues and what is their yearly… Read More
ICYMI: Congress’s vanishing budget: It’s not all polarization’s fault
Casey Burgat and Joshua Huder write at the Brookings FixGov Blog: “Congress is failing to do its job in large respects, particularly when it comes to government spending. But… Read More