The “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) has been hard to pin down. In the wake of last year’s election, Elon ...
On April 14, 2025, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) released this educational video. The Constitution designates Congress as the primary ...
Near the outset of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice ...
Late in March, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives turned their energies to appliances. They passed two resolutions to strike down energy ...
Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part VI: Madison, Monroe, and the Republican Presidency, American Enterprise Institute, March 2025. Jay Cost reminds ...
Last year, the U.S. government made at least $162 billion in improper payments, according to a nonpartisan government watchdog. Kristin Kociolek of ...
Congressional Research Service, The Reconciliation Process: Frequently Asked Questions, report R48444, Congressional Research Service, March 6. 2025. CRS The Reconciliation Process ...
Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part V: Politics and Presidential Power Under Adams and Jefferson, 1797-1809, American Enterprise Institute, February ...
You cannot really understand the House of Representatives without some familiarity with its rules. They affect everything---who acts as leaders, ...
Phlilip Wallach The Woebegone 118th Congress 02-2025Download
James Capretta, Dysfunction in Federal Budgeting Structural Factors and Selected Reforms, American Enterprise Institute, January 2025. James Capretta Dysfunction in Federal ...
President-elect Donald Trump and senior advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chairs of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency, ...
Congressional Research Service, House Leadership Structure: Overview of Party Organization, Congressional Research Service, report RS20930, July 10, 2003. Congressional Research Service ...
Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL) recently took to X.com to celebrate the Immigration and Customs Officials arrests of more than ...
Annual deficits make for growing deficits. Source: Wikipedia. There are serious issues with America’s federal budget. Very serious issues. Where to begin? Let ...
Source: Philip Wallach. The 118th Congress was historically unproductive. In some ways, though, it was one for the history books, featuring ...
The cloistered Rules Committee in late December of 2024. Source: House Committee on the Rules. As it scrambled to pass a ...
The House Committee on Veterans Affairs met recently to discuss the topic of regulation and to pick a bone with ...
The author observes in his written testimony before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs that when agencies issue regulations that ...
By Philip Wallach and Jaehun Lee When he was first elected president in November 2016, Donald Trump chose a diverse array ...
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