by jpitney | Dec 31, 2023 | Civility, Congress, Donald Trump, Violence
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) in NYT: Mr. Trump’s style of politics — the disrespect, prejudice, name-calling and malice that too often get swept aside as his just calling it as he sees it — makes healthy debate and discussion virtually impossible. The word “congress” by...
by jpitney | Dec 30, 2023 | California Politics, Higher Education, Public Service
Mallika Seshadri at EdSource: College students are earning money for public service as part of the College Corps, a new state program, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. With $73.1 million from California’s general fund, College Corps pays thousands of college...
by jpitney | Dec 29, 2023 | Congress
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: Counting laws is a poor indicator of either productivity or the significance of a Congress’s actual accomplishments. For one thing, Republicans don’t think more laws necessarily translate into real progress. As former Republican Speaker...
by jpitney | Dec 28, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Katherine Tully-McManus and Jordain Carney at Politico: The number of lawmakers bowing out is on the high side this cycle, but it follows a 20-year trend of earlier exits. That means the colleagues who remain in office have to keep working to rebuild the loss...
by jpitney | Dec 27, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Disabilities, Senate
At NYT, Kayla Guo writes that family experience with disability can foster bipartisanship on disability issues. She focuses on Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) They have little in common in terms of politics or legislative priorities. But both...
