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ICYMI: Round-up of good reads on Congress
Read more or get a copy. New: Michael Pertschuk’s When the Senate Worked for Us (Vanderbilt University Press, 2017). Excerpt from Lee Drutman’s review of the book, “Congress wasn’t… Read More
The Obamacare markets: Trump is making Democrats pay for writing an ambiguous law
P.L. 111-148 , also known as “Obamacare.” By Rob Oldham Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration has taken an important step in dismantling the Affordable Care Act by… Read More
A new development involving the Congressional Review Act
P.L. 104-121, sec. 801-808 , the Congressional Review Act by Jarrett Dieterle Over the past year, a debate has broken out in the regulatory reform community over how to properly… Read More
Video of meeting on appropriations and regular order
At the October 2017 meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group, Casey Burgat, Lee Drutman, Peter Hanson, and James Wallner examined and interpreted calls for “regular order” in the appropriations… Read More
Committee sheet: House Committee on Armed Services
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ICYMI: Top reads and other stuff on Congress
Rachel Bade and Elana Schor, “Capitol Hill’s sexual harassment policy ‘toothless,’ ‘a joke’,” Politico Congressional Institute, “Dissatisfaction with Congress at an all-time high. The Congressional Institute has some… Read More
No, congressional Republicans are not carrying Trump’s water
Source: Washington Examiner . By Matt Glassman Last week, two retiring Republican Senators ramped up their criticism of President Trump. On Tuesday, Senator Bob Corker said Trump had “great… Read More
Silencing the Senate’s watchdog: How staff cuts and churn are damaging the Senate Rules Committee
By Jean P. Bordewich The Senate Rules Committee is in crisis. The alarming statistics on its staff turnover, published by LegBranch.com, should worry anyone concerned about creeping congressional… Read More
Committee sheet: House Committee on Agriculture
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Congress uses the Congressional Review Act to abolish another regulation
During the early months of the Trump administration, Congress and the president made unprecedented use of the Congressional Review Act to repeal regulations. The CRA, which was enacted in… Read More