Blog Posts (page 94)

The Congressional Institute’s Mark Strand and Tim Lang write: “Although the House of Representatives adopts rules on the first day of each new Congress, the Chamber frequently votes to… Read More

Illustration credit: https://nznoblog.org.nz/ Michael Stern, former Senior Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, writes: “Since at least the end of the Second World War, Congress has been at a substantial… Read More

We now have our own account: https://twitter.com/legbranch —please follow us!… Read More

James Wallner’s first white paper for R Street is available at http://www.rstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/107.pdf… Read More

Government Executive‘s Charles S. Cook writes: “The Congressional Budget Office, which has been threatened with staff cuts by Republican lawmakers upset with its forecasts on the impact of repealing… Read More

The gentlemen from Arizona, with a hand from Sen. Susan Collins, could turn the chamber upside down. Lee Drutman writes at Vox: If Sen. McCain is truly serious about bringing… Read More

After 7 years, Rule 22 blog has moved to a new home. Jordan Ragusa and I now are contributors at LegBranch.com, the joint venture between R Street Institute… Read More

On August 2, Brookings brought together a panel of experts to discuss procedural politics in the early days of the 115th Congress. Focusing specifically on two of… Read More

Source: “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1939. James Wallner writes at the Federalist: [S]enators have proposed various reforms over the years to clamp down on the minority’s… Read More

Earlier this month, Presidential Donald J. Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which strengthened sanctions against Russia, North Korea, and Iran. While some observers speculated… Read More