by jpitney | Jan 31, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives
Last December, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed that a temporary committee created to make Congress “more effective, efficient, and transparent” would continue its work through 2023. Organized in 2019, the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress has...
by jpitney | Jan 29, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives
Claremont McKenna College and AEI have an event today at 8 AM Pacific: Last December, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed that a temporary committee created to make Congress “more effective, efficient, and transparent” would continue its work through 2023. Organized...
by jpitney | Jan 28, 2021 | Journalism, Russia
From the Committee to Protect Journalists: New York, January 26, 2021 – Russian authorities should allow journalists to cover protests freely and without fear, and refrain from attacking or detaining members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said...
by jpitney | Jan 26, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives
Patrick Ramjug at LegBranch.org: says that two types of motions to recommit (MTRs) on the House floor: the rare “simple” MTR sends the bill back to the reporting committee, effectively killing it. The “amendatory” MTR is akin to an eleventh-hour amendment to the bill...
by jpitney | Jan 25, 2021 | Claremont McKenna College, Congress
From AEI: Modernizing Congress: A conversation with former Reps. Brian Baird (D-WA) and Tom Graves (R-GA), Friday, January 29, 2021 | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET https://www.aei.org/events/modernizing-congress-a-conversation-with-former-rep-tom-graves-r-ga/ Last December,...
