by jpitney | Dec 25, 2019 | Congress, Dreier, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Representative David Dreier (R-California), chair of the House Rules Committee, announced early in 2012 that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term. Although it is common to criticize the institution, Dreier went out of his way to praise it: Now,...
by jpitney | Dec 20, 2019 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Polarization
On Thursday Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (“Select Committee”) passed its third round of bipartisan recommendations: “Since this committee was created, our mission has been to craft bipartisan solutions to make Congress work better for the people...
by jpitney | Nov 5, 2019 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Brian Alexander at LegBranch; In a forthcoming book on congressional norms I am writing, I argue that, despite what we may think about congressional dysfunction and partisan bickering, the norm of courtesy is surprisingly alive and relatively well in the modern...
by jpitney | Oct 31, 2019 | Congress, House of Representatives, Mass Media, Uncategorized
Matt Glassman, who teaches in the Claremont McKenna College Washington Semester Program, testified before the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress on “Congress and the Frank:Bringing Congressional Mailing Standards into the 21st Century,” October...
