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Will Some House Democrats Face Ethics Reviews?
Source: The Atlantic . USA Today reports: “An independent watchdog group is filing an ethics complaint against several House Democrats for violating House rules last week during lawmakers’ 25-hour sit-in… Read More
House Pay Increase Will Amount to Less Than $1,000 Per Staffer
RollCall.com reports: “House lawmakers are intent on giving staff members a raise in 2017, concerned that low pay and long hours are contributing to an unprecedented congressional brain drain. Read More
James Wallner’s “Unprecedented: Informal Rules and Leader Power in the United States Senate”
James Wallner’s white paper, “Unprecedented: Informal Rules and Leader Power in the United States Senate,” analyzes how Senate majority leadership uses amendment proposal precedents to control Senate deliberation. Read More
A Framework for Congressional Staffing: A Few Thoughts from Management Consulting
The question of “is Congress well-staffed?” can be approached just as any staffing problem is approached across the federal government and the private sector, by answering this question: What is the… Read More
Notes from the June 20, 2016 Meeting on the Topic of Congressional Staff
More than 50 persons attended the meeting in the Capitol Visitors Center. The meeting’s topic was congressional staff, and Daniel Schuman of DemandProgress presented data that showed reductions in… Read More
So What if Congressional Staff Levels are Declining?
Following Daniel Schuman’s presentation to the Legislative Branch Capacity Working group on June 20, R Street Institute’s Kevin Kosar posted a series of informative charts measuring congressional staff… Read More
Majority Leader McConnell: How the Senate Is Supposed to Work
U.S. Senate 1880s. Source: U.S. Senate Historical Office Majority leader McConnell wrote for the May 30, 2016 copy of the Wall Street Journal a piece titled, “How the Senate Is… Read More
New Survey: Americans Divided Over Why They Dislike Congress
Source: Congressional Institute. The public’s approval of Congress has fallen in the past decade, but the reasons for this decline are nuanced and varied. The Congressional Institute, a… Read More
How Many House and Senate Leadership Staff Are There?
House Leadership Staff, 1987-2014 Graphic by the R Street Institute based upon Congressional Research Service data. Senate Leadership Staff, 1987-2014 Graphic by the R Street Institute based upon Congressional… Read More
How Many House and Senate Committee Staff Are There?
House Committee Staff Levels, 1987-2014 Graphic by the R Street Institute based upon Congressional Research Service data. Senate Committee Staff Levels, 1987-2014 Graphic by the R Street Institute based… Read More