by jpitney | Apr 7, 2021 | Congress
William Gray at LegBranch.org: The U.S. Congress depends on informal rules — norms — to function. Many traditional norms such as courtesy and reciprocity are under siege in this age of partisan conflict. What are the congressional norms of today? How are they...
by jpitney | Apr 4, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives
John Boehner at Politico: Retaking control of the House of Representatives put me in line to be the next Speaker of the House over the largest freshman Republican class in history: 87 newly elected members of the GOP. Since I was presiding over a large group of people...
by jpitney | Apr 3, 2021 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Jan Murphy at PennLive: Bipartisanship is hard to come by these days in Harrisburg and in Washington, D.C., but former Gov. Tom Ridge remembers how that was the way he often got things done during his political career. Whether it was serving in Congress when...
by jpitney | Mar 30, 2021 | Congress, Polarization, Senate
Mike Johnson: There is today a lot of flaming rhetoric heating up the debate over its future. Support and opposition flow back in forth between the parties, depending upon which is in the minority and which is in the majority. It’s the Democrats’ turn in opposition....
by jpitney | Mar 27, 2021 | Budget, Congress, Economic Policy, Presidency
On March 25, AEI and Claremont McKenna College’s Salvatori Center hosted a panel of experts to assess whether Congress can regain control over the nation’s finances and thus fortify representative government. After an introduction from AEI’s John C. Fortier, AEI’s...
