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ICYMI: Good reads on Congress
Chart of the Week: Senate Dems reference deficits more often than Republicans Source: https://www.quorum.us/resources/ Jessie Blur, “Hacking congressional culture: technologists take aim at legislative problems,” Federal Times “This I think… Read More
Congress’s Socioeconomic Biases: Does It Matter for Tax Reform?
Last month, my LegBranch.com colleagues Casey Burgat and Charles Hunt created an interactive graphic of the net worth of the 114th House. Check out their graphic, but… Read More
New: James Wallner, On Parliamentary War: Partisan Conflict and Procedural Change in the U.S. Senate (University of Michigan Press)
The R Street Institute’s James Wallner has a new book out: On Parliamentary War. “Dysfunction in the contemporary Senate is driven by the deteriorating relationship between the majority… Read More
Sexual harassment on the Hill: It’s time for employees to have the same legal support as legislators
A letter to congressional leadership re: sexual harassment from dozens of former Hill staff. By Kevin Mulshine Invisible to the public and most Capitol Hill staffers, robust, capable “law firms”… Read More
Committee sheet: House Committee on Ethics
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ICYMI: Good reads on Congress
Where does the boundaries of voters’ choice end and the Senate’s authorities begin? Source: Wikipedia . Stan Brand, former general counsel for the U. S. House of Representatives, writes: “[E]xpelling… Read More
Review: Molly Reynolds’ Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Reform in the Senate
By James Wallner The Senate has changed considerably in recent years. So too has our understanding of how its members make decisions. Traditionally, the leading scholarship on the Senate… Read More
Congress helped create the CFPB’s leadership crisis. It can fix it.
Source: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ Over the past few days, the D.C. news cycle has been dominated by the palace intrigue over who should be properly recognized as acting director of the Consumer… Read More
Deep Dive: Burgat and Glassman: What’s wrong with Congress? What’s right?
R Street Governance Fellow Casey Burgat interviews Matt Glassman, Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Government Affairs Institute, on all things Congress In the first episode of a new video series for… Read More
Committee sheet: House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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