Philip Wallach

Can Congress Keep Up with President Trump?
Can Congress Keep Up with President Trump?

Near the outset of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice ...

April 14, 2025
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The Woebegone 118th Congress
The Woebegone 118th Congress

Phlilip Wallach The Woebegone 118th Congress 02-2025Download

February 6, 2025
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Degraded Deliberation in the U.S. House
Degraded Deliberation in the U.S. House

The cloistered Rules Committee in late December of 2024. Source: House Committee on the Rules. As it scrambled to pass a ...

January 8, 2025
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Why has Trump drawn so heavily from Congress with his appointments?
Why has Trump drawn so heavily from Congress with his appointments?

By Philip Wallach and Jaehun Lee When he was first elected president in November 2016, Donald Trump chose a diverse array ...

December 18, 2024
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Nixon Resigned Because He Lost Congress
Nixon Resigned Because He Lost Congress

First day of the House Judiciary Committee's formal impeachment hearings against President Nixon, May 9, 1974. Source: Wikipedia. Once President Joe Biden ...

September 2, 2024
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The Discharge Petition: Its History and Role in the 118th Congress
The Discharge Petition: Its History and Role in the 118th Congress

Discharge Petition to Move the Civil Rights Bill Out of the Rules Committee, December 12, 1963. This petition failed to ...

April 29, 2024
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