by jpitney | Sep 12, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives, Public Service
Emily Brooks at The Hill: Kelly Dixon Chambers brings 25 years of Capitol Hill experience to heading up the staff at the House Rules Committee, from walking into Rep. Kevin Calvert’s (R-Calif.) office to ask for a job up through working floor operations and then...
by jpitney | Sep 11, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives, Republican
Henry Olsen at WP: A broader deal addressing the gamut of issues could be even more useful. House Republicans often produce a list of bullet points they call an agenda right before an election, as though to reinvigorate the 1994 Contract with America that helped...
by jpitney | Aug 28, 2023 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Lee Hamilton: Given everything that’s been taking place on Capitol Hill, I’d guess you missed the announcement a few months back that the House Civility Caucus has been revived. It would be hard to call this earth-shattering news — but in our current political...
by jpitney | Jul 28, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Peter Cohn and Herb Jackson at Roll Call: House Republicans have so thoroughly stacked the earmarking deck in their favor in appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year that the top Democratic recipient doesn’t even appear in the top 60 among lawmakers in that...
by jpitney | Jul 27, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives, Impeachment
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: Here is the expungement paradox. On the one hand, there is a close precedent involving the president and Congress in which action was taken by one house against a president in a previous Congress. [The 1834 “censure” of...
by jpitney | Jul 22, 2023 | Civility, House of Representatives
Annie Karni at NYT: Dean’s Car Care, an auto repair shop in Portland, Ore., used to regularly rack up five stars and gushing accolades on Yelp and Google Reviews for its reliable and friendly service. “Honest and affordable. What else could you ask for?” one happy...
