by jpitney | Aug 3, 2020 | Congress, Deliberation, House of Representatives
Jesse M. Crosson Alexander C. Furnas Timothy Lapira Casey Burgat, “Partisan Competition and the Decline in Legislative Capacity among Congressional Offices,” Legislative Studies Quarterly. The abstract: Since the 1990s, members of the US House have...
by jpitney | Jul 31, 2020 | Congress, Public Opinion
Megan Brenan at Gallup: After hitting 20-year highs in April and May, Americans’ approval of Congress continues its downward slide to 18%. The last time congressional approval was below 20% was in September 2019. The latest reading is from a Gallup poll...
by jpitney | Jul 27, 2020 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation
The Association of Former Members of Congress interviewed 31 Members who left Congress in 2018 and 2019, from both sides of the aisle. The results are n a publication we’ve entitled “Congress at a Crossroads.” At The New York Times, Carl Hulse summarizes: The study...
by jpitney | Jul 22, 2020 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Mike Lillis at The Hill: House leaders in both parties moved swiftly on Tuesday to promote civility — and tamp down lingering tensions — by challenging a conservative lawmaker who had accosted a liberal Democrat on the Capitol steps a day earlier. Confronting...
by jpitney | Jul 20, 2020 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
A July 16 release from Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL): Today, Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL) joined with Honor and Civility Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver (D – MO) to announce the reintroduction of bipartisan...
by jpitney | Jul 14, 2020 | Congress, Coronavirus, Deliberation, Technology
Marci Harris, Claire Abernathy, and Kevin Esterling at Brookings: The chaos surrounding Congress’s switch to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare weaknesses of Congress’s technical procedures and infrastructure, from its inability to hold...
