by jpitney | Sep 28, 2021 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
A 9/24 release from the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress Today, Chair Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Vice Chair William Timmons (R-SC) of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (“Select Committee”) held a hearing on how to empower members of...
by jpitney | Sep 26, 2021 | Civility, Congress
Sarah D. Wire at LAT: A few months ago, Rep. Norma Torres (D-Pomona) received an anonymous video of someone following her car. The camera pans down to a 9-millimeter handgun on the seat as a male voice says: “I see you. I got something for you.” In June, police...
by jpitney | Sep 25, 2021 | Civility, Claremont McKenna College, Dreier
Anne Bergman at Claremont McKenna College: Can Republicans and Democrats get along? If the bipartisan ceremony and discussion that took place at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Sept. 22 is any indication, the answer is a resounding yes. At the event,...
by jpitney | Sep 19, 2021 | Civility, Dreier
Wed, September 22, 2021 Dinner Program First Annual Dreier Roundtable Civility Award and a Bipartisan Conversation on the Future of American Political Parties Steve Bullock ’88 P’24 and David Dreier ’75, panelists; Jack Pitney, moderator In today’s...
by jpitney | Sep 17, 2021 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
See my statement below regarding my decision not to seek re-election. pic.twitter.com/vsggxjD1FI — Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (@RepAGonzalez) September 17, 2021 See my full
by jpitney | Sep 15, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Devin Dwyer,Megan Hughes, and Benjamin Siegel at ABC: More than 1 million people attended the Minnesota State Fair this year — snacking on pork chops, sizing up the famed butter sculptures and posing with prize-winning farm animals. But Reps. Dean...
