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Cloture votes weaponized to handicap executive branch transition
The Senate has invoked cloture 108 times on executive nominees during the 18 months of the Trump presidency. By calling for cloture with the intent to obstruct progress, the Senate… Read More
“…the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!” – President Trump
In response to an op-ed published anonymously in the New York Times confirming the existence of an organized resistance movement inside of the White House, President Trump called for the newspaper to turn… Read More
ICYMI: Top reads on Congress
By Marian Currinder Sarah Binder, “Confirmation hearing fireworks are likely to be the new normal,” Brookings FixGov: “If confirmation is likely, why so many fireworks? A pivotal vacancy,… Read More
Unring the bell
(Editor’s note: This post is a follow up to yesterday’s post and originally appeared in Legislative Procedure on September 5, 2018.) By James Wallner Yesterday’s post detailing… Read More
“I think it’s embarrassing for the country to allow protestors.” – President Trump
Responding to the actions of the 70 demonstrators removed from the committee room throughout day one of Supreme Court Justice Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, President Trump exclaimed “I don’t… Read More
Congressmen are not above the law, even if its election season.
Upon the Department of Justice (DOJ) criminally charging Congressmen Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins for misuse of campaign funds and insider trading, respectively, President Trump responded in opposition, tweeting, “Two… Read More
Video: History of congressional staffing
Congress needs staff to carry out the duties prescribed by the Constitution and demanded by the public. LegBranch.org’s Kevin Kosar discusses how from 1900 to 1990, Congress sporadically… Read More
How to make the Senate a nuclear-free zone
(Editor’s note: This post originally appeared in Legislative Procedure on September 4, 2018.) Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., regrets going nuclear. Democrats used the controversial maneuver in 2013 to lower unilaterally the… Read More
A growing appetite for impeaching judges
As the West Virginia Mountaineers begin another college football season in Morgantown, down the road in Charleston, the West Virginia legislature is preparing for its own kind of turf war. Read More
ICYMI: Analysis on legislative gridlock and congressional oversight
The most recent edition of the The Legislative Scholar, the newsletter of the legislative studies section of the American Political Science Association, focuses on “the pervasive problem of… Read More