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ICYMI: Top reads on Congress
David Lerman, “Senate appropriations process continues to devolve,” Roll Call. September 11, 2019. “The Appropriations Committee announced it will postpone consideration of its fiscal 2020… Read More
APSA Task Force Memorandum: The House of Representatives’ work schedule: Issues, and options for reform
To: The Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress From: Prof. Jason Roberts, University of North Carolina, chair; Prof. James Curry, University of Utah;… Read More
Which colleges and universities are tops in producing DC-based congressional staff?
Source: Casey Burgat, LegBranch.org As the above flight path illustration shows, congressional staffers come from colleges all over the country. Each line represents a college who has produced a congressional… Read More
Explainer on the who, why, and what of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
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How small is Congress relative to government?
Source: Casey Burgat, LegBranch.org The upcoming issue of Extensions, a journal published by the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma, will present a symposium… Read More
Join us for an update on the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Click to RSVP Join the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group (LBCWG) for a lively update and panel discussion on the work – thus far! – of the… Read More
APSA Task Force Memorandum: Congressional staffing diversity and retention
To: The Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress From: Kathryn Pearson, Chair, University of Minnesota ; Casey Burgat, R Street Institute; Menna… Read More
Rules as constraints vs. rules as leverage
One reason for the Senate’s present dysfunction is that its members interpret incorrectly how its rules operate in practice. Take, for example, two recent op-eds written by the… Read More
McConnell downplays Republicans’ use of the nuclear option
Radical. That is how Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., describes the 2013 decision by his Democratic colleagues in the Senate to scrap the filibuster for all presidential nominations other than those for… Read More
ICYMI: Top reads on Congress
Richard Ahrenberg, “Strange bedfellows oppose the filibuster,” The Hill, August 24, 2019. “Such bipartisan resolve [to end the filibuster] might be welcome if the objective were not so misguided. Read More