by jpitney | Mar 13, 2024 | Congress, Oversight
Despite a large increase in federal spending and administrative rulemaking, Congress’s capacity to oversee the executive branch has diminished. Congress has fewer committee staff and nonpartisan wonks to help it than it did in 1990. Source:...
by jpitney | Mar 20, 2023 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation, Public Opinion
Kevin Kosar and John Maxwell Hamilton at AEI: It is one thing to inveigh against the other side of the aisle, and quite another for individuals on the fringes to argue excluding the great mass of Americans from the political process. One way to organize such an...
by jpitney | Dec 16, 2022 | Congress
Kevin Kosar at The Hill: The 117th Congress has enacted more than 200 laws, at least 150 of which are significant. The problems tackled vary widely. One bill aimed to help get more baby formula to market. Another law delivered aid to Ukraine to help its people repel...
by jpitney | Jun 4, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Kevin Kosar at AEI: About 70 percent of congressional staff say they would or likely would accept requests for meetings from constituents, according to a survey led by Profs. Alexander Furnas and Timothy LaPira. (Disclosure: I helped design this survey.) And this...
