by jpitney | Sep 30, 2021 | Budget, Constitution, Dreier
It is very rare for a member of Congress to announce an explicit change of mind. In 2011, Rep. David Dreier did so on the proposed balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Peter Kasperowicz wrote at The Hill: House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier...
by jpitney | Sep 29, 2021 | Crime, Journalism
The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation Leadership Statement On The Sentence In The Capital Gazette Trial: Today’s sentence in the trial of the Capital Gazette shooter is a testament to our nation’s commitment to protect journalists and serves as a reminder that...
by jpitney | Sep 28, 2021 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
A 9/24 release from the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress Today, Chair Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Vice Chair William Timmons (R-SC) of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (“Select Committee”) held a hearing on how to empower members of...
by jpitney | Sep 27, 2021 | Congress, Constitution, Polarization, Virtue
Robert Kagan at The Washington Post: In recent decades, however, party loyalty has superseded branch loyalty, and never more so than in the Trump era. As the two Trump impeachments showed, if members of Congress are willing to defend or ignore the president’s actions...
by jpitney | Sep 26, 2021 | Civility, Congress
Sarah D. Wire at LAT: A few months ago, Rep. Norma Torres (D-Pomona) received an anonymous video of someone following her car. The camera pans down to a 9-millimeter handgun on the seat as a male voice says: “I see you. I got something for you.” In June, police...
