by jpitney | Aug 25, 2021 | Budget, Congress, Economic Policy
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: What is strange about this fiscal round is that it was not preceded by adoption of the usual concurrent resolution on the budget — the lead engine that pulls all subsequent budgetary actions on spending, revenues, deficit, and debt. The...
by jpitney | Aug 24, 2021 | Congress, Staff
Jim Kolbe and Vic Fazio at the Arizona Daily Star: Whether as a member or a staffer, working on Capitol Hill is a public service and inevitably comes with sacrifice, including a lower salary than the private sector. However, the current Congress doesn’t just ask for...
by jpitney | Aug 23, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Congress
Fmr. GOP Rep. Paul Mitchell, who died earlier this month after a battle with cancer, asked for this interview to be run after he passed. He expressed his wish for “real bipartisanship” within the country. “I think you have to choose whether or not to love people.”...
by jpitney | Aug 22, 2021 | Journalism
From the Committee to Protect Journalists: As the Taliban attacks reporters, searches their homes, and takes two female state TV anchors off the air, CPJ calls on the group to stand by its public commitment to allow a free and independent press, and to guarantee that...
by jpitney | Aug 21, 2021 | California Politics, Emergency, Environment
Emily Hoeven at CalMatters: Californians who want to know how much progress the state unemployment department has made on crucial reforms will likely have to wait until after the Sept. 14 recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. That’s because state lawmakers have twice...
