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Committee Sheet: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Technology assessment: Can the GAO fulfill the OTA’s mission?
To those who have paid attention to recent technology policy debates in Congress, such as the recent hearings with Mark Zuckerberg, it is obvious that the technology expertise gap… Read More
ICYMI: Top reads on Congress
Image source here By Marian Currinder Leadership Rachel Bade and Kyle Cheney, “Freedom Caucus seeks to make McCarthy pay to become speaker,” Politico: “A POLITICO survey of about 20… Read More
Legislative Branch Subcommittee hears from members and outside witnesses on FY 19 appropriations
The Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations held an FY 19: Members and Outside Witnesses hearing on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The… Read More
Member joining patterns across party factions in the 115th Congress
Image source: Politico By Danielle Thomsen Two main teams compete for partisan control in the contemporary Congress, but even in the current context of high partisan polarization, differences between members… Read More
Evaluating Congress’s information processing capacity
Two big questions emerged from the recent congressional capacity conference: “capacity for what?” and “capacity for whom?” These are great questions that ask us to think… Read More
Committee Sheet: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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ICYMI: Top reads on Congress
Image source here By Marian Currinder Leadership Rachel Bade and John Bresnahan, “Ryan bombshell sets off scramble for his job,” Politico: “Yet there has already been some discussion… Read More
Paul Ryan gonna Paul Ryan: The lame-duck Speaker
Image source: Politico By Joshua C. Huder Speaker Paul Ryan’s announced retirement from the House raises the immediate and obvious question: what happens with a lame duck Speaker? Prior to… Read More
Legislative staff are spending an increasing amount of time on constituent services
Image Source: Wired The now famous Indivisible guide to grassroots activism advocates mass, coordinated constituent communication with members of Congress, among other tactics. Recent research has, however, shown… Read More