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Congressional power and the war on Chevron
By Jamelle C. Sharpe Calls to reign in federal administrative power have increased to almost deafening levels in recent years. Contributing to the din are Members of… Read More
“Models of Representation” reflected in the roll call votes of House members
By Kim Quaile Hill As the 2018 off-year election approaches, both academic and news commentators are abuzz with how candidates for Congressional seats will position themselves with… Read More
The who, what, when, where, and why of congressional campaign spending
In what will come as a shock to no congressional observer, congressional campaigns are getting more and more expensive. The 2000 election cycle, for example, saw House candidates spend a… Read More
Press’s Sacrifice of Credibility for Rosenstein rumor mill threatens First Amendment
Monday began with a flurry of news reports regarding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s status of employment, ranging from declarations that Rosenstein had resigned to claims that his firing was… Read More
The House asked members for their ideas to make Congress work better. This is what they suggested
(Editor’s note: The post originally appeared on FixGov on September 21, 2018.) On September 13, the House Committee on Rules’ Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House held… Read More
ICYMI: Top reads on Congress
By Marian Currinder Philip A. Wallach, “Congress: Difficult by Design,” National Review: “Congress is an embodiment of America’s unmatched commitment to pluralism. As… Read More
Style and substance in the U.S. House of Representatives
By Tracy Sulkin and William Bernhard Upon arriving on Capitol Hill, all new members of Congress (MCs) face a central choice: what kind of legislator will they… Read More
Congressional oversight (of the Executive) is dead; Long live congressional oversight (of the Judiciary)
By Lauren C. Bell On August 8, 2018, sixteen organizations sent a joint letter to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Charles Grassley and ranking member Dianne… Read More
Congress: Difficult by design
Daniel Patrick Moynihan once remarked that “the United States is the one nation in the world with a real legislature.” The senator from New York was boasting of our system, but… Read More
Congressman highlights broken system of committee chairmanship selection
Upon being asked what he would change about the House as an institution during Thursday’s American Institutions Network Congressional Exit Interview, retiring Congressman John Duncan, Jr. (R-Tenn.) responded: “I didn’t like and… Read More