by jpitney | Jun 5, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
AT NYT, Michael Gold reports that some House Republicans have expressed regret about voting for the reconciliation bill, which they did not read. Last week, Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska admitted during a town hall meeting in his district that he did not know...
by jpitney | May 30, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger writes about the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA): Despite the rough and tumble party battles for committee leadership, Connolly distinguished himself by his bipartisan outreach to Republicans to co-sponsor bills that had a good chance to become law....
by jpitney | May 24, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Russell Berman at The Atlantic: When Democrats reshaped the American health-insurance system in 2010, Republicans accused them of all manner of legislative foul play: Middle-of-the-night votes. Backroom deals. An enormous, partisan bill jammed through Congress before...
by jpitney | May 11, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
At The Hill, Don Wolfensberger explains the procedural trick by which House Republicans barred resolutions of inquiry: Last week a special rule was scheduled to consider just five matters, all resolutions to disapprove regulations promulgated during the Biden...
by jpitney | May 10, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
At The Atlantic, Yuval Levin writes that Congress was assertive in the 1980s and 1990s, but… The reasons for the subsequent decline in Congress’s stature and assertiveness are complex, but some of the very measures Gingrich took to consolidate power on Capitol...
by jpitney | Apr 11, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: Back in the old days, if the House Rules Committee had four bills before it seeking a special rule for floor consideration, the committee would grant one special rule for each. In modern times, the committee, in order to save on time...
