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Where Can I Find Out How Much Congress Spends On Itself?
Where Can I Find Out How Much Congress Spends On Itself?

You can find data for legislative branch spening in the data set compiled by the First Branch Forecast, which has ...

January 8, 2024
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A Chat with John Lawrence, Author of The Class of 74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship
A Chat with John Lawrence, Author of The Class of 74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship

John Lawrence, The Class of '74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018). Buy ...

January 7, 2024
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What Is the Status of the Reforms Proposed by the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress?
What Is the Status of the Reforms Proposed by the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress?

J.D. Rackey, "What Is the Status of the Reforms Proposed by the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress?" (Sunwater ...

January 6, 2024
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A Review of Fergus Bordewich, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
A Review of Fergus Bordewich, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government

Fergus M. Bordewich, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government ...

January 4, 2024
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APSA Report on Reforming Congress
APSA Report on Reforming Congress

In 2019, the American Political Science Association (APSA) supported a scholarly effort led by Frances Lee (Princeton), Eric Schickler (UC-Berkeley), ...

January 4, 2024
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What Does the House Parliamentarian’s Office Do?
What Does the House Parliamentarian’s Office Do?

You'll find the answer in this video. The Sunwater Institute's Matt Chervenak interviews Former House Parliamentarian, Tom Wickham. The answer ...

January 3, 2024
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Final Report of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Final Report of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress

The House of Representatives established the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (SCMC) on January 4, 2019. It was ...

January 3, 2024
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Does the Executive Branch Control the Power of the Purse?
Does the Executive Branch Control the Power of the Purse?

Although the US Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse, today a number of laws and arrangements have empowered ...

January 2, 2024
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Revitalizing the Congressional Research Service for the 21st Century
Revitalizing the Congressional Research Service for the 21st Century

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January 2, 2024
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The Excessive Complexity of House of Representative Rules on Legislative Procedure
The Excessive Complexity of House of Representative Rules on Legislative Procedure

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January 2, 2024
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A Democratic Norm Endures January 6th: Congress and Deference to States’ Election Certifications
A Democratic Norm Endures January 6th: Congress and Deference to States’ Election Certifications

The U.S. Congress rarely overturns elections to either of its chambers. Legislators tend to followa norm of deference to election ...

January 2, 2024
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Fees, Fines, and Penalties: Has Congress Lost Control of the Purse?
Fees, Fines, and Penalties: Has Congress Lost Control of the Purse?

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January 2, 2024
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The Atrophying of the Congressional Research Service’s Role in Supporting Committee Oversight
The Atrophying of the Congressional Research Service’s Role in Supporting Committee Oversight

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) in its current incarnation was established in 1970. Congress designed the nonpartisan agency to provide ...

January 2, 2024
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Bring in the Nerds: Reviving the Office of Technology Assessment
Bring in the Nerds: Reviving the Office of Technology Assessment

In 1994, Congress ceased appropriations for its Office of Technology Asssessment (OTA). The agency's 120 nonpartisan staff were directed to ...

January 2, 2024
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A Case for Stronger Congressional Committees
A Case for Stronger Congressional Committees

Committees are supposed to be the powerhouses of policymaking and oversight. They are the cohorts of legislators who gain expertise, ...

January 2, 2024
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Restoring Congress as the First Branch
Restoring Congress as the First Branch

In this report, six authors comment on various aspects of Congress and offer proposals to improve the House and Senate. ...

January 2, 2024
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Are Earmarks Good or Bad? (with Zach Courser)

The topic of today’s episode is, “Are earmarks good or bad?” My guest is Zachary Courser, a visiting assistant professor of government ...

January 2, 2024
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How Can I Find a Bill or Law?
How Can I Find a Bill or Law?

Congress.gov is the go-to source for official information on the legislative process. There you can find bills in the current ...

January 2, 2024
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Why Congress
Why Congress

This book is a bold defense of our nation's legislature and its ability to work through the country's deepest divisions, ...

January 2, 2024
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Three Steps for Reasserting Congress in Regulatory Policy
Three Steps for Reasserting Congress in Regulatory Policy

Each year, federal agencies produce more regulations. These regulations affect nearly every aspect of our lives, yet are never voted ...

January 2, 2024
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