by jpitney | Jan 5, 2020 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Problem Solvers
Joseph Lieberman at The Hill: Recall the recent history. At the end of the last Congress, as control of the House of Representatives shifted from one party to the other, No Labels lit a torch we called The Speaker Project. The House Problem Solvers Caucus translated...
by jpitney | Dec 31, 2019 | Congress
From GAO: The Office of Congressional Workplace Rights’ (OCWR) mission is to effectively implement and enforce the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA), as amended in 2018 by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act (Reform Act). OCWR...
by jpitney | Dec 25, 2019 | Congress, Dreier, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Representative David Dreier (R-California), chair of the House Rules Committee, announced early in 2012 that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term. Although it is common to criticize the institution, Dreier went out of his way to praise it: Now,...
by jpitney | Dec 23, 2019 | Civility, Congress, Uncategorized
Brian Alexander at LegBranch: In a forthcoming book on congressional norms I am writing, I argue that, despite what we may think about congressional dysfunction and partisan bickering, the norm of courtesy is surprisingly alive and relatively well in the modern...
by jpitney | Dec 12, 2019 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation, Technology
Recommendations of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Making Congress More Effective, Efficient and Transparent Streamline the bill-writing process to save time and reduce mistakes. Finalize a new system that allows the American people to...
