Blog Posts (page 114)

Our presenter is James Wallner, the author of the white paper, “Unprecedented: Informal Rules and Leader Power in the U.S. Senate.” Additional helpful reads are: Christopher M. Davis, “The… Read More

In anticipating of the new Congress, a coalition of 33 groups is urging Congress to adopt new chamber rules to strengthen its oversight of intelligence agencies and… Read More

Illustration credit: Steven John Tomisek, StampCommunity.org Blog post by Prof. Craig Goodman and Prof. David C.W. Parker In a previous post, we argued that members… Read More

Monday, September 19, 12pm Capitol Visitors Center Topic: Amendments and the State of the 21st Century Senate Speaker: James Wallner, Ph.D., Group Vice President, Research, The Heritage Foundation Discussant:… Read More

John Bicknell, the executive editor of Watchdog.org, had an impish piece in the Washington Post on August 30, 2016.  To rebalance the separation of powers, it is necessary… Read More

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

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… Read More

Photo credit: Kevin R. Kosar Blog post by Profs. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Matto Mildenberger, and Leah Stokes How do legislative staffers gather and review information about policy proposals? What… Read More

Blog post by Profs. Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman  How can legislative staffs help their members of Congress become effective… Read More

Source: Wikipedia. Blog post by Prof. Craig Goodman and Prof. David C.W. Parker  Members of Congress are simultaneously legislators and representatives. In 1978,… Read More