by jpitney | Feb 11, 2021 | Budget, Congress
Zachary Courser and Kevin R. Kosar have an AEI report titled “Restoring the power of the purse: Earmarks and re-empowering legislators to deliver local benefits” Key Points Article I of the US Constitution gives Congress the authority to decide the amount...
by jpitney | Feb 10, 2021 | Congress, Presidency, Separation of Powers
Nan Swift at R Street: Student loan debt is not something that can be solved by the simple wave of a wand or stroke of a pen. Rather, the complicated moral and economic considerations of cancelling student loan debt should be examined within the process of debate...
by jpitney | Feb 9, 2021 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Elections
AEI Scholar Frederick Hess:
by jpitney | Feb 8, 2021 | Congress, Impeachment, Senate
by jpitney | Feb 7, 2021 | Budget, Congress, Oversight
From First Branch Forecast: For decades, Congress has undercut its ability to meet its Constitution obligations by providing itself inadequate resources to meet its legislative, constitutional, and oversight responsibilities. Discretionary Executive branch resources,...
