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Kristin Nicholson | April 1, 2019
Dear Friends: Happy spring! While cherry blossoms steal the show outdoors, a buzz of activity continues inside the Capitol complex. A slew of committees are holding hearings on the FY2020 budget, with Cabinet members and other officials making the trek to the Hill to defend the President’s funding requests. However, it looks
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Kristin Nicholson | March 8, 2019
Dear Friends: As winter ends, a new era of oversight has begun on Capitol Hill. In our latest newsletter, GAI Senior Fellow Laura Blessing provides some context for the vigorous oversight that should be a hallmark of the 116th Congress. These efforts have already made plenty of news, and there will be
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Kristin Nicholson | February 5, 2019
Dear Friends: To all of those who were furloughed, working without pay, covering extra duties or otherwise affected by the shutdown, I hope your routine has returned to normal and your inboxes have been triaged. In this newsletter, Senior Fellow Matt Glassman lays out several reasons why we probably don’t need to worry about a
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Kristin Nicholson | January 9, 2019
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! All of us at GAI enjoyed a nice break over the holidays and hope you did as well. Unfortunately, we’ve returned to an ongoing partial government shutdown that does not look poised for a quick resolution. With nine federal agencies shuttered to varying degrees for nineteen days and counting, the
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Kristin Nicholson | December 6, 2018
Dear Friends, Greetings from post-midterms Washington. A lot has changed since we last caught up! This month Senior Fellow Laura Blessing walks us through a quick election recap, some expectations for the remainder of the lame-duck session, and a few thoughts on what lies beyond. Also be sure to check out our blog, where
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Kristin Nicholson | September 5, 2018
Dear Friends, September has arrived, and with it a whirlwind of activity on Capitol Hill. Both chambers are back in session, facing a dwindling number of legislative days to clear a multitude of spending hurdles and avoid a shutdown at the end of the month. The most likely outcome appears to be a Continuing Resolution
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GAI | July 11, 2018
Hello, friends – With summer in full swing, Congress returns this week for a quick sprint to the August break (or for Senators, some form of August work period followed by – they hope! – a nice recess until Labor Day). With President Trump’s Monday announcement of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his next Supreme Court
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Friends: Welcome to our May newsletter. This month, Senior Fellow Laura Blessing has a great piece for you on the tough issues facing the Joint Select Committee on Budget Process Reform. Before we get to that, I just wanted to highlight some of the excellent classes we have coming up this spring and summer. Our
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GAI | April 4, 2018
Hello Friends , I would wish you a happy spring, but looking at the forecast I think it’s best to just stay quiet for now. Whatever the weather, Congress will return on Tuesday after a two-week recess that gave members lots of opportunities to hear from constituents and take the pulse of their districts, for
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Greetings, friends. We’re getting deeper into the 2nd session of the 115th Congress, and the year certainly has not been short on drama thus far. Now that we’ve made it through two mini-shutdowns and resolved some of the more contentious fiscal debates, Senior Fellow Josh Huder walks us through what to expect from Congress for