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Your guide to what happens next with impeachment
Now that the House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Trump, action shifts to the Senate, whose members are charged by the Constitution to determine… Read More
New TechCongress fellows are coming
Six new Congressional Innovation Fellows have been selected, and will head to Capitol Hill in 2020. You can learn more about them here. Read More
Emerging case law on congressional oversight
The Levin Center at Wayne Law is hosting a morning symposium on January 24, 2020, on emerging federal case law related to congressional oversight investigations. The conference will present a… Read More
Which senators and representatives tweet the most?
Source: Quorum.us Source: Quorum.us These questions and many more are answered in Quorum’s 2019 report, “Congress on Social Media.” Copies are available here. Read More
ICYMI: The minority witness rule explained, and why it might be irrelevant for impeachment
(Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared on the Brookings Institution’s FixGov blog on December 12, 2019.) In nearly every hearing throughout the President Trump impeachment saga,… Read More
Old delay tactics won’t work in an impeachment trial
The House Judiciary Committee released its report to accompany the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump approved last week by its members on a party-line… Read More
Save the Date: January 10 conference on oversight
Registration is free and easy. Click here. Read More
First steps in a Senate impeachment trial
Source: Doc.House.Gov Senate Democrats are looking for leverage to strengthen their position in negotiations with Republicans to determine what, if any, new rules are needed to structure an anticipated… Read More
Time to reeducate Congress about science and technology
Brookhaven National Laboratory. Source. BNL.gov Political momentum is building to revive the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), a congressional agency that once provided lawmakers with nonpartisan technical expertise. Presidential… Read More
The Senate already has Rules for impeachment trials
If the House votes to impeach President Donald Trump next week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., predicted that he and his colleagues would wait until after the… Read More