Blog Posts (page 113)

Source: Constitution Project Mort Rosenberg spent decades at the Congressional Research Service advising staff and Members how to conduct oversight. After he retired, he published this guide —based upon… Read More

Source: VisitTheCapitol.gov The fifth meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group will be held in the Capitol Visitors Center (SVC 203-2) on Wednesday, October 19th at 12pm. Lunch will… Read More

Source: Data for Social Science Good,  0 0 1 1399 7975 R Street Institute 66 18 9356 14.0… Read More

Source:  VisitTheCapitol.gov H. Con. Res. 169 was introduced on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Its would create a Joint Committee on Congress to explore possible reforms. “Reps. Dan Lipinski (IL-3)… Read More

Hugh Heclo’s A Government of Strangers, published 40 years ago, described the very different worlds of high-level federal appointees and the civil-servant worker bees they purportedly manage. Today… Read More

In this short audio interview, Professor James Curry (University of Utah) explains how limited resources have enabled party leaders to write and negotiate most laws in Congress. Lacking… Read More

If Congress has often been unwilling to actively control the output of the administrative state, over the years it has also become effectively unable to do so. As the… Read More

The below “Dear Colleague” letter was sent to House of Representative offices on September 20, 2016. Become an Original Cosponsor: H.Con.Res.XXXX – Establishing a Joint Committee on the Organization… Read More

The September 26, 2016 copy of the Weekly Standard carries a review of Fergus Bordewich’s The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary… Read More

On September 19, 2016, the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group had its fourth meeting. There were thirty five attendees. James Wallner and Molly Reynolds both spoke on amendments and the Senate… Read More