by jpitney | Jul 20, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Judy Kurtz at The Hill: Now, StoryCorps’s One Small Step, in partnership with The Hill, is going a step further, by facilitating conversations in Congress. The new project pairs up lawmakers, along with senior staff members at the Capitol, for chats with their...
by jpitney | Jul 12, 2023 | House of Representatives, Polarization, Uncategorized
Donald Wolfensberger at The Hill: In 2008, David E. Kyvig, a professor of history at Northern Illinois University, published “The Age of Impeachment: American Constitutional Culture Since 1960.” In his preface, Kyvig says the purpose of the book is to answer “why...
by jpitney | Jul 5, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives, Mass Media
At Semafor, Kadia Goba reports on C-SPAN: Viewers now get a broader glimpse of Congress in action. There’s an expanded view of lawmakers roaming the floor during votes, where you may see footage of Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., running into the chamber minutes before a...
by jpitney | Jun 23, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
Adam Schiff on KCRW last December: He recalls that they were on a plane flying black to Washington D.C. in 2010, about six months before the midterm elections, and they discussed who they expected to win. “I said Democrats and he said Republicans. And I...
by jpitney | Jun 20, 2023 | House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger on the “resolution” of the recent Rules impasse: This time, the Freedom Caucus rebels fell in line after McCarthy struck a “power sharing” agreement with the group that promised greater prior consultation on major legislation, and much...
by jpitney | Jun 7, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
David Lerman, Laura Weiss, and Avery Roe at Roll Call Hard-right House conservatives derailed legislation scheduled for floor votes Tuesday in a rebuke to GOP leadership. A group of House Republicans bucked their party to vote against a rule devised by GOP leaders to...
