by jpitney | Jan 15, 2023 | African American, Asian American, Congress, Hispanic, House of Representatives, Senate
Katherine Schaeffer at Pew: A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White, making the 118th Congress the most racially and ethnically diverse to date. This continues a long-running trend...
by jpitney | Nov 21, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Israel, Senate
A release from Senator Tim Scott: This week, Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced a resolution recognizing Israeli-American contributions and condemning antisemitism. The bipartisan resolution introduced by the co-chairs of the Senate Caucus...
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 | Jul 31, 2022 | Congress, Debate, Deliberation, Senate
Trent Lott and Tom Daschle at The Hill: First, the Senate should return to old norms for considering legislation. Filibusters, which date back to America’s earliest days, grew more common in the 19th and 20th centuries, prompting the Senate to adopt rules to end...
by jpitney | May 7, 2022 | Civility, Senate
At The Salt Lake Tribune, Brian Maffly reports on Orrin Hatch’s funeral: “Because of his deep-seated faith and belief in the goodness of humankind, he always reached out to those in need, whether they be powerful and wealthy or downtrodden and tempest-tossed. He...
