by jpitney | Dec 12, 2019 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation, Technology
Recommendations of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Making Congress More Effective, Efficient and Transparent Streamline the bill-writing process to save time and reduce mistakes. Finalize a new system that allows the American people to...
by jpitney | Dec 10, 2019 | Congress, Technology, Uncategorized
Samantha McDonald and Melissa Mazmanian at LegBranch.org: Currently, uses of technology in Congress are preventing citizens from meaningfully engaging with their policymakers. Technologies such as constituent databases provide helpful tools for collecting, storing,...
by jpitney | Dec 8, 2019 | Congress, Dreier, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Uncategorized
Nelson Oliveira at The New York Daily News: Washington, D.C., is home to numerous memorials and monuments honoring Americans who have sacrificed their lives for the country. But the U.S. capital lacks a permanent memorial dedicated to those who were killed while...
by jpitney | Dec 6, 2019 | Congress, Science, Uncategorized
From the House Science Committee: EXPERTS NEEDED: OPTIONS FOR IMPROVED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVICE FOR CONGRESS DATE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2019 OPENING STATMENT Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) WITNESSES The Honorable Michael McCord, Director, Civil-Military...
by jpitney | Dec 3, 2019 | Civility, Congress, Reagan, Social Security
At LegBranch,com, Philip A. Wallach recalls the “Gang of Nine” negotiations that led to the rescue of Social Security in the early 1980s. Nine was a small enough number to allow absolute secrecy in negotiations, as well as an intimate setting, in the home...
by jpitney | Nov 28, 2019 | Congress, Uncategorized
From the National Archives: On September 28, 1789, just before leaving for recess, the first Federal Congress passed a resolution asking that the President of the United States recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. A few days later, President George...
