by jpitney | Nov 9, 2019 | Congress, Deliberation, Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
At Foreign Policy, James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders explain that legislators have become less and less interested and conversant in the details of foreign policy and national security. Why this decrease? The rise of partisanship is one important reason....
by jpitney | Nov 8, 2019 | Budget, Congress, Deliberation, Uncategorized
A November 6 release from Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY): The Senate Budget Committee today approved bipartisan budget reforms sponsored by Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to fix the government’s broken budget process. The bill, S.2765...
by jpitney | Nov 7, 2019 | Bureaucracy, Regulation, Uncategorized
A growing problem: fraudulent comments on regulatory dockets at federal agencies, some using what appear to be stolen identities posted by computers programmed to pile comments onto the dockets. Findings of Fact by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations:...
by jpitney | Nov 5, 2019 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Brian Alexander at LegBranch; In a forthcoming book on congressional norms I am writing, I argue that, despite what we may think about congressional dysfunction and partisan bickering, the norm of courtesy is surprisingly alive and relatively well in the modern...
by jpitney | Nov 4, 2019 | Civility, Deliberation, Uncategorized
At The New York Times, Nellie Bowles reports on efforts to promote civil discussion. [A] nonprofit called Better Angel s.. is putting on half a dozen events around the country every week through the election. Its work is part of a boomlet in efforts to break partisan...
