by jpitney | Jul 22, 2020 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Mike Lillis at The Hill: House leaders in both parties moved swiftly on Tuesday to promote civility — and tamp down lingering tensions — by challenging a conservative lawmaker who had accosted a liberal Democrat on the Capitol steps a day earlier. Confronting...
by jpitney | Jul 20, 2020 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
A July 16 release from Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL): Today, Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL) joined with Honor and Civility Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver (D – MO) to announce the reintroduction of bipartisan...
by jpitney | Jul 18, 2020 | House of Representatives
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) died yesterday. From the National Archives: In 1965, at the height of the modern civil rights movement, activists organized a march for voting rights, from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the state capital. On March 7, some 600 people assembled...
by jpitney | Jul 8, 2020 | Congress, House of Representatives
On 6/28, Don Wolfensberger wrote at The Hill: As urgent times call for urgent measures, the House Rules Committee last Wednesday pulled the six-alarm emergency cord by sending six major bills to the House floor under a single special rule (a simple House resolution)...
by jpitney | May 17, 2020 | House of Representatives
In case you ever need video of former House minority leader Bob Michel singing the Star Spangled Banner, here you go: pic.twitter.com/QSS6eaBnDz — Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) May 17, 2020 Bob Michel (R-IL) was the greatest minority leader in the history of the...
by jpitney | May 16, 2020 | Congress, Coronavirus, House of Representatives
Katherine Tully-McManus at Roll Call: The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the House to allow lawmakers to vote by proxy, without physical presence at the Capitol. The significant, yet temporary, change to operations was not enacted during any other national crisis...
