by jpitney | Apr 18, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberget at The Hill: The principal lesson that emerged from the Gingrich period was that the newly energized majority began to take its victory hubris so seriously that it forged boldly ahead with its grand plans, oblivious to the potential pitfalls along...
by jpitney | Mar 24, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Jonathan Mong at The Cornell Daily Sun: In an effort to bring civility and centrist-minded politics to America’s doorstep, former House representatives Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) visited campus on Tuesday for a lecture called...
by jpitney | Mar 20, 2023 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation, Public Opinion
Kevin Kosar and John Maxwell Hamilton at AEI: It is one thing to inveigh against the other side of the aisle, and quite another for individuals on the fringes to argue excluding the great mass of Americans from the political process. One way to organize such an...
by jpitney | Mar 17, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Zach Warmbrodt and Eleanor Mueller at Politico: A young Patrick McHenry rose through the House GOP by bashing the government’s economic rescue plans in the wake of the global financial crisis. In 2008, the conservative North Carolinian — a self-described...
by jpitney | Mar 11, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Coronavirus
At AP, Lisa Mascaro reports that the House unanimously passed legislation to declassify information on the origins of COVID. (h/t Jacob Smagula) “Transparency is a cornerstone of our democracy,” said Rep. Jim Himes, of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the Intelligence...
