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