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As you are well aware, Congress passed and the president signed a bill to reopen the federal government. Because of the shutdown, GAI had to re-schedule almost all of our classes for the month of October. We hope that those of you who were directly affected by the cancellations will
As the House prepares to vote for another CR/debt deal without a majority of Republicans, some wonder whether this is the end of the line for Speaker Boehner. However, given the dynamics in the House, a mid-session overthrow is very unlikely, though not impossible. For one, a speaker has never
Currently, the debate over American polarization is dominated by electoral considerations: gerrymandering, sorting, PACs, campaign finance, etc. Most of these arguments are based on underlying assumption that the American people, or a political process that sorts voters into districts, are driving polarization. For the most part this is true. However,
The Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling in 2010 delivered a wallop that left federal campaign finance regulations reeling, but McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission threatens to land the knockout blow. Throughout the nearly four decades since its decision in Buckley v. Valeo, the court has consistently recognized a key distinction
This morning on WTOP’s morning program Rep. Andy Harris (MD-1) blamed the government shutdown on Democrats’ refusal to remove the “gold-plated” health care benefit from the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). That’s the provision that allows the government to chip in for Members and their staff’s health benefits. Interestingly, fellow Republican
According to Meredith Shiner, Sen. Charles Grassley is frustrated by the continuing battle over health benefits for members of Congress and their staff, which he attributes to a drafting mistake in the Affordable Care Act by Democrats. This is an issue that Senior Fellow Mark Harkins has been researching and
By Marian Currinder and Joshua Huder The federal government has shut down for the first time since 1996 and all eyes are focused on House Speaker John Boehner. Will he continue to insist upon tying a repeal or delay of Obamacare to a funding bill? Or will he bring the
If Speaker Boehner allows the House to vote on a “clean” continuing resolution with the idea of allowing it to pass with a majority of Democratic votes, can he be removed as Speaker in the 113th Congress? As of this writing it appears that a government shutdown is inevitable. The
The Government Affairs Institute has posted new dates for our courses through 2014. All dates are listed on individual course pages and on the GAI course calendar. We accept your registrations via our online system; questions about the registration process are answered on our FAQ page. Please contact us if
Senior Fellow Mark Harkins provided today’s congressional trivia question for Politico’s Huddle blog. The question cues in on North Carolina where democrat Kay Hagan faces reelection in 2014: “Sen. Kay Hagan is up for reelection next year. Who was the last Democratic senator to win reelection in North Carolina and
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