by jpitney | Nov 20, 2020 | Congress, House of Representatives
Sarah Ferris, Heather Caygle and John Bresnahan at Politico: Democratic leaders, under pressure from across the caucus, are mulling ways to blunt a procedural tactic Republicans have used to divide their caucus on the floor. The GOP has repeatedly weaponized the...
by jpitney | Nov 17, 2020 | Congress, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Dear House Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, Chair Lofgren, Ranking Member Davis, Chair McGovern, and Ranking Member Cole: We write to encourage the House of Representatives to re-establish the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress in the...
by jpitney | Nov 17, 2020 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Kevin Kosar at The Hill: For the past two years, the Modernization Committee pursued its work diligently. It held 16 congressional hearings and six virtual discussions, and listened to the complaints and advice from legislators, experts, and the private sector. Last...
by jpitney | Nov 1, 2020 | Civility, Congress
Richard Kaufman at the Greenwich Sentinel: Ahead of the election on Nov. 3, U.S. Representative and Greenwich resident Jim Himes, along with Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo, have released a joint statement to remind residents that regardless of political party,...
by jpitney | Oct 13, 2020 | Congress, House of Representatives
At The Washington Post, Paul Kane writes on Tom Graves, Derek Kilmer, and the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: They believe that if members of Congress could be in charge of directing funding to their districts, they will be much more invested in the...
by jpitney | Oct 11, 2020 | Claremont McKenna College, Congress, Constitution
From AEI: In Federalist 51, James Madison argued that as “the legislative authority necessarily predominates,” Congress needs to be divided into two branches to constrain its immense power. Two centuries later, it seems Madison’s fears were unfounded, with both the...
