by jpitney | Apr 13, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Budget, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Corinne Day at R Street: The R Street Institute announced the launch of a new online tool in support of the House Select Committee’s ongoing work on the Modernization of Congress. Guide for a Modern Congress provides easy-to-search options for reforming and...
by jpitney | Feb 2, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Uncategorized
From Axios: Some 70% of bills enacted in the last Congress had at least one Republican and one Democrat co-sponsor, highlighting the need for bipartisanship to get things done under current House and Senate rules, according to data from Quorum provided to Axios’...
by jpitney | Jan 23, 2021 | Biden, Bipartisanship, Civility
Aaron Rhodes at The Hill: According to University of Chicago sociologist Edward Shils, who died in 1995, civility is “a belief which affirms the possibility of the common good … a virtue expressed in action on behalf of the whole society.” Shils wrote that civility is...
by jpitney | Jan 18, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Democracy, Pennsylvania, State Government
Rep. Stephen Kinsey (D-201) of Philadelphia, and Rep. Greg Rothman (R-87) of Cumberland County co-founded the new bipartisan caucus in the House of Representatives, They write at GoErie: As a Democratic state representative from Philadelphia and a Republican state...
by jpitney | Jan 3, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Congress, House of Representatives
On C-SPAN, Tom Davis previews partisanship in the 117th Congress:
by jpitney | Dec 19, 2020 | Biden, Bipartisanship
William Gray at R Street: According to reports, the Biden administration is creating a position to “find common ground with conservatives” that will be headed by Louisiana Representative Cedric Richmond (D-La.). Part of Richmond’s mandate would be would be “private...
