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In Praise of Standardized Data for Congressional Oversight
Alex Pollock, distinguished senior fellow at the R Street Institute, spoke of the value of standardized financial data on federal government activities. He observed to attendees of the Financial… Read More
Video of Meeting On: Does Congress Have the Capacity It Needs In Foreign Affairs?
The Constitution assigns Congress the power to declare war, fund the military, approve treaties and regulate commerce with other nations. Yet, over the past century presidents have taken the leading… Read More
Is the Legislative Filibuster in Danger?
According to Roll Call‘s David Hawkings, no. He writes: “Even as he was setting the launch codes for neutralizing the power to filibuster potential Supreme Court justices, the only… Read More
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: CR edition
By Joshua C. Huder Next week, the government will run out of money to stay open. And in typical fashion, Congress has left itself an insanely small window to pass… Read More
Podcast with Michael Golden Regarding Congressional Reform
Image source: http://michaelgolden.me/podcast/ Understandably, politics, policy (military, health, etc.), and re-election tend to swamp the minds of those who serve on Capitol Hill. What tends to get crowded out is thinking… Read More
How Many Types of Appropriations Are There?
Illustration credit: Anthony McCann, “Forms of Appropriation: A Typology,” Public Budgeting and Finance , June 2016. According to Anthony McCann, there are 13 types. This is a big deal… Read More
Prof. Josh Chafetz: The Filibuster Was Already Dead before the Senate Went Nuclear
Cornell Law School Professor Josh Chafetz writes in the Washington Post: “[T]he truth is, there’s less to the theatrics than meets the eye. The filibuster for Supreme Court nominees… Read More
Majority Leader McConnell On the Decision to Go Nuclear
In the Washington Post, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote: The day after Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court was announced, I wrote about his sterling credentials, record of… Read More
When Presidents Try to Primary Congressmen
Source: http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/fdrs-controversial-speech-barnesville by Rob Oldham In Barnesville, Georgia in August 1938, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, recently elected to his second term in 1936, shared a stage with Senator Walter George, the… Read More
Trump is Tweeting Threats at the Freedom Caucus. Good Luck with That
Illustration credit: Andrew J. Clarke, Washington Post Monkey Cage. Andrew J. Clarke writes: “Following the Republican failure to repeal and replace Obamacare last week, President Trump took aim at… Read More