by jpitney | Jan 4, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Aidan Quigley at Roll Call: A last-minute insertion into House Republicans’ rules package for the 119th Congress substantially raises the bar for voting on legislation under suspension of the rules late in the week or over the weekend, in a concession to conservatives...
by jpitney | Jan 3, 2025 | Bureaucracy, California Politics, Ethics
Yue Stella Yu and Jeremia Kimelman at CalMatters: Historically plagued by what some staff called an “enormous” backlog, California’s campaign watchdog [the Fair Political Practices Commission] has sometimes taken years to resolve cases — exposing violations or...
by jpitney | Jan 2, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Jordain Carney and Meredith Lee Hill at Politico: Republicans will make it harder to remove the speaker in the 119th Congress under a rules package unveiled Wednesday. The proposed rules package would require nine GOP members to back making a motion to vacate to...
by jpitney | Jan 1, 2025 | Civility, Uncategorized
In 2000, Presidents Ford and Carter spoke with Tim Russert about civility:
