by jpitney | Sep 16, 2025 | Civility, Congress, Debate
Yuval Levin at AEI: Most days, the outrage motivating progressives on Bluesky is about something conservatives on X haven’t even heard about, and vice versa. Politically active people are at war with caricatures of their opponents, but they are not forced to actually...
by jpitney | Sep 15, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress
Gabby Giffords and Jeff Flake at USAT: Kirk’s supporters are angry – we all are – but in this perilous moment, elected officials wield outsized influence on whether the justified anger at the assassin transforms into malice toward fellow Americans. At a moment when...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: What the Rules Committee did on Monday of last week was to put out a special rule for consideration of the four scheduled matters — the energy-water appropriations bill and three disapproval resolutions of executive regulations...
by jpitney | Aug 28, 2025 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Thomas Beaumont at AP: One of the few Republican U.S. House members making in-person appearances embarked on a town hall tour of his district to meet with constituents Monday, and a civil conversation broke out. Rep. Mark Alford and an audience of about 100 in west...
by jpitney | Aug 9, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: For nearly three decades I labored in the congressional vineyards of rules, procedures, norms and reforms. And, in all that time, until last week, I had never heard of a law creating the Senate rule of five or the House rule of seven....
by jpitney | Aug 7, 2025 | Congress, Presidency, Separation of Powers
Philip A. Wallach at Law & Liberty: We should dispassionately take stock of Congress’s current position on foreign and domestic policy, on taxing and spending, and on the deeper question of what role our elected representatives play in our Constitutional system....
