by jpitney | Sep 12, 2024 | Congress
Kevin R. Kosar at The Hill: Last week, the Library of Congress made an important announcement: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is getting a new director. Karen Donfried will begin her 10-year term on Sept. 23. She takes over for interim director Robert...
by jpitney | Jul 24, 2024 | Congress
Daniel Schuman at Washington Monthly: CRS embodies some of the worst dysfunction of the entire legislative branch. With a few notable exceptions in recent years, Republicans inspired by the Newt Gingrich-led revolution of 1995 have advanced policies that...
by jpitney | May 12, 2023 | Congress
Kevin Kosar at The Hill: Congress calls upon CRS frequently. In 2021, for example, the think tank provided 265 in-person briefings, 2,729 confidential memoranda, 24,044 telephone responses and 34,844 email responses. The agency also wrote 1,073 reports for Congress...
