by jpitney | Feb 22, 2020 | Deliberation
At LegBranch.org, Sarah Anderson, Daniel Butler, and Laurel Harbridge-Yong write that transparency may have contributed to legislative gridlock. One promising solution, even in this polarized context, is allowing legislators more room to negotiate compromise solutions...
by jpitney | Feb 12, 2020 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation
Yuval Levin at AEI: Members consequently use their positions to build personal brands and to excite fans and followers. But these trends have been greatly exacerbated by a further transformation that does not get enough attention: the loss of protected spaces...
by jpitney | Feb 8, 2020 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation
On February 5, Norman Ornstein testified before the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I want to offer some ideas for improving the way the House debates and deliberates, based on my five decades of observing...
by jpitney | Feb 5, 2020 | Congress, Deliberation
ARTICLE ONE: FOSTERING A MORE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS IN CONGRESS Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 – 2:00pm Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Article One: Fostering a More Deliberative Process in Congress Witnesses Dr. James M. Curry...
by jpitney | Feb 3, 2020 | Deliberation
Astra Taylor at The New Yorker: The idea that the right to listen to one another should be defended in a democracy seems strange. That’s probably because we lack a shared vocabulary or framework for understanding listening as a political act. We pay lip service to the...
by jpitney | Jan 30, 2020 | Debate, Deliberation
Joel Fox at Fox and Hounds: Listening to the raucous audience frequently interfering at last night’s Los Angeles District Attorney election debate rekindled a question I’ve thought about before– why are audiences permitted at major political debates—including...
