by jpitney | Nov 9, 2021 | Congress, Constitution, House of Representatives
Today, Lincoln Network [Nov 3] and six other organizations and individuals sent a letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations Vice Chairman Richard Shelby and Senate Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch Ranking Member Mike Braun urging them to prioritize Congress’...
by jpitney | Nov 4, 2021 | California Politics, Claremont McKenna College, Congress, Dreier, Elections
From Between the Lines: David Dreier is a CMC and CGU graduate, and the very first legacy alumnus to graduate from CMC. His father was in the CMC class of ’52. He is a businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served for over 30 years as a member of the U.S....
by jpitney | Nov 3, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives
Nan Swift at LegBranch.org: Impermanent committees too often get a bad rap in Washington. People are quick to point to the 2011 Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction—sometimes called the “Supercommittee”—or the more recent Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
by jpitney | Oct 23, 2021 | Congress
Kevin Kosar at The Hill: So why is the legislative procedure so complex and opaque? Largely, it is the product of the aggregation of new rules and precedents year after year. The most recent copy of the House’s guide to legislative procedure is more than 1,000 pages...
by jpitney | Oct 20, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Under the American Congressional Exchange Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Members of Congress (MOC’s) who participate agree to visit, for one weekend, a Member of the opposite party in that Member’s district. That member, in turn, reciprocates the following...
