by jpitney | Jan 30, 2025 | Congress, Dreier, Elections, House of Representatives, Transparency, Volunteering
At Roll Call, Jackie Wang interviews Rep.Vince Fong: Q: How has Congress changed since you were first a staffer? A: The people make this place go, and if you look at who was there at the time, it was members like Jim McCrery, Wally Herger, David Dreier, Dan...
by jpitney | Jan 30, 2025 | Trade
Scott Lincicome at Cato: As I wrote late last year, the US automotive industry is a great example of the complexities of 21st-century manufacturing and the benefits of globalization: [I]t’s widely acknowledged by automotive industry experts that freer trade and...
by jpitney | Jan 28, 2025 | China, Foreign Policy, Trade
Karlyn Bowman at AEI: There is longstanding concern in public opinion about China’s unfair trade practices as well as sustained support for protecting workers’ jobs and American manufacturing. Fifty-two percent of registered voters in the new Harvard CAPS/Harris...
by jpitney | Jan 27, 2025 | Congress, Elections, House of Representatives, Technology, Transparency, Volunteering
Lorelei Kelly at The Conversation: Congressional staff serve in thousands of district offices across the nation, and their communications technology doesn’t match that of most businesses and even many homes. Members’ district offices only got connected...
by jpitney | Jan 24, 2025 | 2776, California Politics, Electoral College, Environment, History, Immigration, Jobs, Lincoln, Mass Media, Race, Redistricting, Trade, Vaccine
Connor Sheets at LAT: Los Angeles County officials missed dozens of opportunities for water infrastructure improvements that experts say probably would have enabled firefighters to save more homes during the Palisades fire, public records show. As crews battled...
