by jpitney | Sep 5, 2022 | Democracy, House of Representatives, International Relations
From the International Republican Institute: In this iteration, Brad, HDP expert speaker and former Chief of Staff to HDP co-founder, Rep. David Dreier, shares his experience participating and leading HDP programming. What was the genesis of HDP? In the post...
by jpitney | Mar 8, 2021 | Congress, International Relations
From First Branch Forecast: The Congressional Office for International Leadership, formerly known as the Open World Leadership Center, had its Leg branch budget hearing last week as well. The office, which is in charge of an international exchange program to bring...
by jpitney | Dec 8, 2020 | Democracy, House of Representatives
Former Senator Tom Daschle and former Representative Jim Kolbe at The Hill: As current board members of the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, strengthening legislative institutions against authoritarian influences around the...
by jpitney | Nov 9, 2020 | Democracy, Foreign Policy, House of Representatives
From the House Democracy Partnership: A bipartisan commission of the U.S. House of Representatives, the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) works with countries around the world to support the development of effective, independent and responsive legislatures. Using...
by jpitney | Jan 18, 2020 | Democracy, International Relations
Ryan Dukeman at LegBranch.org: High profile, largely partisan, clashes over issues like war powers, Saudi Arabia, and the trade war, however, have obscured the opportunity for less charged, more institutionally effective ways for Congress to reassert its foreign...