by jpitney | Sep 30, 2021 | Budget, Constitution, Dreier
It is very rare for a member of Congress to announce an explicit change of mind. In 2011, Rep. David Dreier did so on the proposed balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Peter Kasperowicz wrote at The Hill: House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier...
by jpitney | Sep 25, 2021 | Civility, Claremont McKenna College, Dreier
Anne Bergman at Claremont McKenna College: Can Republicans and Democrats get along? If the bipartisan ceremony and discussion that took place at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Sept. 22 is any indication, the answer is a resounding yes. At the event,...
by jpitney | Sep 19, 2021 | Civility, Dreier
Wed, September 22, 2021 Dinner Program First Annual Dreier Roundtable Civility Award and a Bipartisan Conversation on the Future of American Political Parties Steve Bullock ’88 P’24 and David Dreier ’75, panelists; Jack Pitney, moderator In today’s...
by jpitney | Sep 13, 2021 | Dreier, Journalism
DREIER ROUNDTABLE OP-ED CONTEST CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2021 op-ed writing contest. Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article, of the kinds that appear in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern any issue in public...
by jpitney | Sep 10, 2021 | Dreier
From Claremont McKenna College Before September 11, 2001, the War of 1812 is likely the last time that the U.S. Capitol was vacant. Twenty years ago, David Dreier ’75, Chairman of the House Rules Committee was the last person to leave the building following two...
