by jpitney | Aug 1, 2021 | Congress, Infrastruture, Senate
Carl Hulse at The New York Times: Everyone in Congress these days seems to believe everyone else is up to something. It is the legacy of the polarization and power plays that have robbed Congress of an essential ingredient to reaching big policy agreements. “Trust is...
by jpitney | Jun 2, 2021 | civic virtue, Civility, Senate
From Washington and Lee University: John W. Warner III ’49, distinguished former U.S. senator and trustee emeritus of Washington and Lee, died May 26, 2021. He was 94. “Sen. Warner’s decades-long public service to his country and alma mater exemplifies the attributes...
by jpitney | May 3, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Congress, House of Representatives, Senate, Uncategorized
The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University today jointly released their new Bipartisan Index rankings for the full 116th Congress (2019 – 2020). The non-partisan tool measures the degree to which Senators and...
by jpitney | Apr 8, 2021 | Congress, Senate
James Wallner at Legislative Procedure: There are several reasons why senators’ procedural independence declined beginning in the 1930. For example, New Deal legislation packed the Senate’s agenda and its members were spending less time on the floor beginning in this...
by jpitney | Mar 30, 2021 | Congress, Polarization, Senate
Mike Johnson: There is today a lot of flaming rhetoric heating up the debate over its future. Support and opposition flow back in forth between the parties, depending upon which is in the minority and which is in the majority. It’s the Democrats’ turn in opposition....
by jpitney | Mar 16, 2021 | Budget, Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
Zachary Courser & Kevin R. Kosar at AEI: The Democratic leadership in Congress is currently making fast moves toward reimplementing earmarks after a 10-year moratorium…Based on our research, we have a few recommendations that congressional committees should...
