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GAI Senior Fellow Mark Harkins joined NPR News to discuss the lack of congressional approval for Zika funding. He also outlined some of the steps that the executive branch can take in the absence of the 1.9 billion emergency federal funding that the Obama Administration requested back in May of
GAI Senior Fellow Laura Blessing joins the discussion of the next presidential administration’s challenges via the Miller Center’s First Year Project. In her piece she argues that the next president should build their party for good governance and accountability, by focusing on message, money, and policy. You can read the
Although appropriators have been diligently working on the individual FY17 spending bills in each chamber, as of today the House has managed to pass only four of the twelve bills, and the Senate only three. None have been sent to the president, and it remains unlikely that more than two
How do we justify our military actions and what is Congress’s role? Legend has it that the late Congressman Charlie Wilson from Texas had managed to singlehandedly defeat the Soviet aggressors in Afghanistan in the 1980s by orchestrating an extraordinary covert operation that took ragged bands of fearless mujahedeen fighters
A recent article in Roll Call explores a pay gap in congressional staff salaries between the House Democratic and Republican Member offices. According to the Roll Call analysis of the available data, Democratic House Members have edged their Republican counterparts “by spending more on staff by about $150 per day.”
A recent US News & World Report article discussed the role of the Rules Committee in structuring the legislative agenda in the House, including its role in the recent Democratic demonstrations over (the lack of) gun control legislation. You can read the entire article here.
The budget process created in 1974 put into place a mechanism to limit the power of appropriators and try to slow down spending growth. By having either a Budget Resolution put a cap on discretionary spending or, when no Resolution is agreed to, having the Appropriations Committee put in place
A recent Politifact article breaks down a claim that Senator Bernie Sander’s income places him in the top 1 percent. Based on his congressional salary alone, Sen. Bernie Sanders hardly qualify for the top 1 percent. Even if one considers the various benefits and “perks” of serving in the Senate,
Dr. Ken Gold is cited in a recent piece in Roll Call that examines the lack of urgency in the House in addressing a slew of important legislative issues. “Everything is politicized,” against the backdrop of a lame duck president looking to cement his legacy, a Republican Senate trying to
When Paul Ryan accepted the nomination for the Speakership he promised his colleagues that he would deliver a more regular process. He promised more inclusion in developing strategy, more opportunities for amendments, and greater representation on panels that organize the chamber. So far he has delivered on some promises but
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