D or R > X or Y: Party trumps sex in the contemporary Congress
By Jennifer L. Lawless and Sean M. Theriault When Republican Senator Susan Collins took to the Senate floor last week to announce whether she would vote to… Read More
Evaluating Congress’s information processing capacity
Two big questions emerged from the recent congressional capacity conference: “capacity for what?” and “capacity for whom?” These are great questions that ask us to think… Read More
The Number of Hearings Is Going Down
At Vox, Jonathan Lewallen, Sean Theriault, and Bryan Jones write: “We should not be surprised by the lack of Senate committee hearings on the AHCA. It… Read More
APSA White Papers on Congressional Capacity
Every chair was filled at the American Political Science Association panel discussing congressional capacity. The papers delivered were: Anthony Madonna and Ian Ostrander, “A Congress of Cannibals: The Evolution… Read More
Academic Panel On Congressional Capacity
Lee Drutman and Kevin Kosar, the co-directors of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group, will be on a panel titled “Assessing Congress’ Capacity to Solve Problems.” This will occur… Read More