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Committee Sheet: House Committee on Homeland Security

December 26, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
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The Housification of the Upper Chamber: The 115th Senate is basically unrecognizable.

December 21, 2017  ·  Joshua Huder
By Joshua C. Huder If the Senate were a friend, you’d say it was having an off-year. Or worse, you would tell it to see a doctor. The bipartisan,… Read More

Video: Molly E. Reynolds discusses her book, Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Limitations in the U.S. Senate

December 21, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
The Hoover Institution’s Director of Washington Programs, Michael G. Franc, interviews author Molly E. Reynolds on her latest book, Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Limitations in the… Read More

Quick hit: Who is more powerful, Congress or President Trump?

December 19, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team

Committee sheet: House Committee on Foreign Affairs

December 18, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
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Congress got three things right in passing the Congressional Accountability Act

December 18, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
Debate about how to fix the Congressional Accountability Act (P.L. 104-1) is all the rage these days. Still, Congress got at least three things right when it… Read More

ICYMI: #Resistance and the crisis of authority in American politics

December 14, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
James Wallner writes in the Library of Law & Liberty: “When Leandra English, former chief of staff to the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, asked a… Read More

Quick hit: Why is congressional reform so rare?

December 12, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team

Committee sheet: House Financial Services Committee

December 11, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
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Need a free stocking stuffer? How about a Make Congress Great Again hat?

December 9, 2017  ·  LegBranch Team
The Legislative Branch Capacity Group is giving them away for free. If you want one or more, please email operations@rstreet.org by Wednesday, December 13. Include the name and… Read More