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Video of Meeting on: What Role Congress Should Have in Regulation?

March 11, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
Jarrett Dieterle (R Street Institute), Philip Wallach (Brookings Institution) and Kevin Kosar (R Street Institute) ponder and debate the role of Congress in regulation. This video carries the presentations given… Read More

How to Put the “Most Complete and Effectual Weapon” Back in Their Hands

March 8, 2017  ·  Kevin Kosar
From the Library of Law & Liberty: Indubitably, our nation’s finances are a mess. America has run deficits 36 of the past 40 years. The national debt… Read More

Leadership, Legislation, and Secrecy

March 7, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
Photo credit: House.appropriations.gov At Vox, Lee Drutman writes: “Over the past day or so, House Democrats, journalists, and a handful of very conservative Republicans been fulminating over the secretive… Read More

Could Caucuses Help Rebuild Bipartisanship on Capitol Hill?

March 5, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
From Brookings.edu: “With the election sweep, there’s plenty of talk among Republicans about now being able to get things done. But there is also rising concern among observers… Read More

ICYMI: Fixing the Confirmation Process

March 3, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
Tevi Troy wrote in National Affairs: “In May 2007, when I was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as deputy secretary of Health and Human Services,… Read More

Future headline: President Trump’s budget proposal re-breaks already broken appropriations process into itty bits… And that has other consequences.

March 2, 2017  ·  Joshua Huder
By Joshua C. Huder That’s not likely to be the actual headline but it won’t be far off. On Tuesday, President Trump outlined his budget proposal which will include $54… Read More

Congress in Search of Itself

March 1, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
From Law & Liberty: Christopher DeMuth had an interesting take on the election and its impact on our national institutions. In an essay for the Wall Street Journal,… Read More

What Is a House Resolution of Inquiry?

February 28, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
By Kevin R. Kosar Politico reports: “Seeking to avoid a full House vote on the so-called “resolution of inquiry” — a roll call that would be particularly embarrassing… Read More

Can Congress Do Its Job?

February 28, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
Lee Drutman writes: “[O]ver the years, and particularly over the past few decades, Congress has ceded more and power to the executive. Admittedly, it has done some of this… Read More

Follow the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group On Facebook

February 27, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
Please follow us on Facebook, where we post and discuss our latest blog posts and white papers:  https://www.facebook.com/Legislative-Branch-Capacity-Working-Group-1818867645003223/… Read More