Category: Revise & Extend

As I mused in my last post, one argument in Congress is not ONLY should Congressional staff receive a subsidy as they are moved out of FEHBP and into the Exchange, it has also become who else should be moved without an employer match. According to a recent Robert Wood

The Senate’s procedural and strategic contexts may create an interesting irony for some Republicans this week. The Senate’s conservative Republicans may filibuster their own bill. If this seems like procedural cannibalism, it’s likely not. However, if they are successful, it may be unintended tactical cannibalism. Democratic Leader Harry Reid has

As Congress steps closer to the various fiscal cliffs over the next week, the pressing question for Republican leadership is how to defund Obamacare. Several Republicans have indicated they will not support any continuing resolution not tied to the defunding the ACA. The law goes into effect on October 1st



David Rogers of Politico reports that House Republican leadership has postponed a vote on the CR that was scheduled to take place tomorrow. Rogers points to a disagreement among Republican membership over how to contest implementation of the President's healthcare reform.

Leadership aides still insist that


Today's Committee Schedule: 10 House hearings and 3 Senate committee hearings



There are 12 House hearings today: http://www.house.gov/legislative/
and 7 Senate committee hearings: http://1.usa.gov/1b0XgK3
Watch them live at THOMAS: http://thomas.loc.gov/video/house-committee/



Daivd Hawkings looks to Arkansas to illustrate that past votes and party lines aren't reliable indicators of how legislators will vote on Syria intervention. Republican House member Tom Cotton came into office last cycle on an anti-Obama platform. Now, he's one of the most


A report released Monday, covered by the Washington Post, breaks down a survey of congressional staffers and their work on Capitol Hill. The main finding, as reported by the Post, was that Hill staffers are happy with their jobs, despite concerns about their relatively poor

We are excited to announce the addition of two new Senior Fellows to the staff at GAI. Our summer was book-ended by the arrival of Mark Harkins in July and Joshua Huder in September, two legislative experts who exemplify the GAI mission and are also talented congressional educators. Each brings



In the Washington Post, Sean Sullivan and Ed O'Keefe take a closer look at the only non yes or no vote to come out of the Senate Foreign Relations committee on the Syria resolution this week. The nation's newest Senator and longtime congressman, Ed Markey