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New resource on war powers resolutions reporting
New York University Law School’s Reiss Center on Law and Security has created this new resource. To aid in oversight (congressional, scholarly, media, etc.), the site compiled all the… Read More
Broad coalition urges House appropriators to raise staff compensation
March 4, 2020 Hon. Nita Lowey, ChairwomanU.S. House Committee on AppropriationsThe Capitol, Room H-307Washington, D.C. 20515 Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking MemberU.S. House Committee on AppropriationsThe Capitol, Room H-307Washington, D.C. 20515 Hon. Tim… Read More
Creating useful transparency: How I learned to love sunlight and built the Spending Tracker
Next week is Sunshine Week, a “nationwide celebration of access to public information,” and it’s a rare point of agreement across the political spectrum that more transparency and accountability… Read More
The underfunding of the First Branch
Source: Demand Progress. From 1995 to 2020, spending on the legislative branch has lagged, according to a recent analysis by Demand Progress. Funding for Congress is a rounding… Read More
Budget wonk Jonathan Bydlak joins R Street Institute
Source: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ. This week, Jonathan Bydlak joined the R Street Institute to head its new Fiscal and Budget Policy Project. “Jonathan brings deep expertise in… Read More
Coalition urges Congress to reclaim war powers
Source: Defense.gov The Hill reports: A coalition of 20 advocacy groups from across the political spectrum are joining together to urge Congress to “restore the balance of national… Read More
The Senate is broken because senators broke it
Something broke the Senate. It no longer legislates, and its members are frustrated. Reflecting the mounting dissatisfaction with the status quo, a bipartisan group of 70 former senators recently published… Read More
Why the House needs a new technology working group
“The time has come to use advanced electronic data processing techniques in the legislative processes of Congress.” – Rep. Jack Brooks (D, TX), 1969. The House of Representatives cannot… Read More
ICYMI: 70 former senators declare that Congress is failing in its duties
The Washington Post ran this letter from 70 former Democratic and Republican senators: An open letter to the U.S. Senate: Congress is not fulfilling its constitutional duties. Much of the… Read More