by jpitney | Dec 9, 2024 | Bipartisanship, California Politics, Congress, Senate
Laphonza Butler spoke to Politico Playbook about her 13-month tenure as an appointed senator from California: I don’t believe Gov. Newsom was elected to be the governor of the resistance. I don’t believe Sen.-elect Schiff was elected to be the senator-elect of of the...
by jpitney | Oct 27, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Senate
Matthew Lieberman remembers his father, the late Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT), the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000: It’s no accident that the hallmarks of my dad’s career included such traits as bipartisanship, the courage to lead, civility...
by jpitney | Aug 5, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives, Senate, Staff
Jim Saksa at Roll Call: At a House Administration hearing last week exploring how Congress could react to the end of Chevron deference, a panel of conservative and liberal experts all advocated more staff. Overall, staff levels in Congress haven’t changed much in the...
by jpitney | Jun 20, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
Paul Kane at WP: It’s been 15 years since members of the House and Senate allowed their federally mandated cost-of-living adjustment (often referred to as COLA) to take effect. Since then, their pay has been set at $174,000. Out of political fear from voters in both...
by jpitney | May 15, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
From The Lugar Center: The Lugar Center and the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy today jointly released their new Bipartisan Index (BPI) rankings for 2023 – the first year of the current 118th Congress. The nonpartisan tool, which was launched in...
by jpitney | May 7, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
