by jpitney | Nov 18, 2022 | Congress, Demographics, Disabilities, House of Representatives, Senate
Taylor Orth at YouGov: Polling conducted by YouGov in the days following this year’s election finds that large shares of Americans believe it’s important for their elected officials to be demographically representative of the American population; among...
by jpitney | Nov 10, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
One need not be a fan of the House Freedom Caucus to acknowledge that this “reality check” is not far off the mark:
by jpitney | Nov 3, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress, House of Representatives, Polarization
For years, writes Don Wolfensberger at The Hill, a conservative coalition forged compromise in the House. But that model was understandably challenged by a large cohort of new, liberal Democrats elected in 1974 (“the Watergate Babies”) who had been schooled in the...
by jpitney | Oct 29, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives, Violence
Nolan D. McCaskill at Yahoo: Political leaders from both parties condemned Friday’s attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, the latest in a string of incidents affecting members of Congress and their families this year. Though the...
by jpitney | Oct 8, 2022 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Annie Karni at NYT: She has called him a “moron.” He has mused publicly — purely in jest, his aides later insisted — about wanting to hit her with the oversized wooden gavel used to keep order in the House. The relationship between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the man...
