by jpitney | Mar 24, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Jonathan Mong at The Cornell Daily Sun: In an effort to bring civility and centrist-minded politics to America’s doorstep, former House representatives Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) visited campus on Tuesday for a lecture called...
by jpitney | Mar 17, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Zach Warmbrodt and Eleanor Mueller at Politico: A young Patrick McHenry rose through the House GOP by bashing the government’s economic rescue plans in the wake of the global financial crisis. In 2008, the conservative North Carolinian — a self-described...
by jpitney | Mar 5, 2023 | Bipartisanship, China, Congress, Foreign Policy, House of Representatives
Dana Milbank at WP: Ask Mike Gallagher. The Wisconsin Republican has been put in charge of the new House select committee on the Chinese Communist Party — and the chairman so far is turning his panel into everything the covid committee isn’t: bipartisan, serious and...
by jpitney | Feb 28, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
From FairVote: (h/t Jacoc Smagula) Out of the 435 U.S. House elections in 2022, five out of every six races were decided by more than 10 percentage points. The average margin of victory for winners in contested elections was 27 percentage points. And that’s not...
by jpitney | Feb 21, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Public Service
Beau Yarbrough profiles Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) at SCNG: “He’s terrific to work with, very easy-going,” said Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Manhattan Beach, who was part of the same Congressional freshman class that year. “He’s the same guy as he is back home. He doesn’t change...
by jpitney | Feb 4, 2023 | House of Representatives, Misinformation
Graph Massara at AP: “[As] the new Republican House majority takes control, confusion over a joke Raskin made about House rules governing headgear fueled a false rumor on social media. “Kevin McCarthy has insisted Jamie Raskin remove the headscarf...
