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
by jpitney | Mar 18, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives, Polarization, Senate
Li Zhou at Vox: Thus far, 43 House members and eight senators have announced that they won’t be seeking another term but they’ll finish out this one. Additionally, eight House members and two Senators have left their seats early due to factors including retirement,...
by jpitney | Feb 8, 2024 | Congress, Immigration, Senate
Lankford: This is the pen that I was handed at that desk when I was sworn… There’s no reason for me to have this pen if we’re just going to do press conferences. I can do press conferences from anywhere. But we can only make law from this room...
by jpitney | Dec 27, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Disabilities, Senate
At NYT, Kayla Guo writes that family experience with disability can foster bipartisanship on disability issues. She focuses on Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) They have little in common in terms of politics or legislative priorities. But both...
