by jpitney | Oct 22, 2025 | Bipartisanship, California Politics, Civility, Congress, Dreier, House of Representatives
From UCLA: On Oct. 14, the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, in partnership with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, hosted a compelling panel discussion titled “Is Bipartisanship Dead?” The event brought together some of the nation’s top policymakers to...
by jpitney | Oct 21, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Public Service
The Public Interest Fellowship @ The Claremont Colleges Thursday, November 13 at 12:15-1:15 pm Founders Room at CMC Bauer Center North 500 E 9th Street, Claremont 91711 Register: https://cmc.joinhandshake.com/events/1843724/share_preview Pieter van Wingerden (CMC ’24)...
by jpitney | Oct 20, 2025 | Congress, Disabilities, Senate
Zachary Schermele at USA TODAY: For New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan, it felt personal watching more than 120 jobs tied to special education disappear during the U.S. government shutdown. President Donald Trump ordered massive layoffs across the federal...
by jpitney | Oct 19, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles, Regulation
Snejana Farberov at Realtor.com: In the Palisades, close to 100% of debris from the fires has been removed from burnt lots by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and private contractors, clearing the way for construction. However, the rebuilding process has been bogged...
by jpitney | Oct 18, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Dreier, House of Representatives
Saya Mueller at The Daily Bruin: Former policymakers and political analysts gathered Tuesday to discuss bipartisanship in the United States’ polarized political climate. The discussion was hosted by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs in partnership with the...
by jpitney | Oct 17, 2025 | Budget, Congress
Kevin Kosar: Sometimes Congress does not bother to adopt a budget resolution. Legislators rarely enact individual spending bills. Instead, they ball them up into omnibus spending packages or pass continuing resolutions. Reconciliation has devolved into a vehicle for...
by jpitney | Oct 16, 2025 | civic virtue, Free Speech
Mike Johnson: Did you know that censorship hurts your brain? Yes, it does, according to Barbara Oakley, Oakland University professor writing in the Wall Street Journal last month: “Our brains are built to form habits…deep learning circuits that automate...
by jpitney | Oct 15, 2025 | China, Economic Policy, Trade
Lingling Wei and Gavin Bade at WSJ: In its trade standoff with Washington, Beijing thinks it has found America’s Achilles’ heel: President Trump’s fixation on the stock market. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is betting that the U.S. economy can’t absorb a prolonged trade...
by jpitney | Oct 12, 2025 | Economic Policy
Congratulations to @MariaCorinaYA on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Her courageous fight for democracy in Venezuela is a reminder that socialism doesn’t lift people up, it holds them down. We continue to stand with the Venezuelan people in their pursuit of freedom,...
by jpitney | Oct 11, 2025 | China, Trade
Vivian Wang and Keith Bradsher at NYT: As the trade war between the United States and China kicked back into high gear after a period of tentative détente, it was clear just how vast the gulf of misunderstanding between the two superpowers had become. President Trump...
