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The first session of the 118th Congress was historically unproductive. Only 35 measures were signed into law, with only the Fiscal Responsibility Act and the Defense Authorization Act of significant note. Several major items on the agenda—border security, foreign aid, tax extenders—saw no floor action, while others—the Farm bill, FAA
After a chaotic and historically unproductive first session, the 118th Congress appears to be off to a more hopeful start in the new year. Recent news indicating congressional leaders have finally secured an agreement on the top-line numbers for funding the federal government for the remainder of FY24 is certainly
Congress and appropriations reporter Jenn Shutt joins Laura to wrap up the year: appropriations, international supplemental funding, NDAA and what’s unprecedented, unusual -and usual- about this year. Shutt notes that the House has been “building the rollercoaster as they’re riding it”. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jenn-Shutt-Dec-20-2023.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (36.1MB)Subscribe: RSS
Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss the Speaker’s election, the CR dilemma, and a few other odds and ends. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Speaker-Johnson-pod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (23.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
To quote Steny Hoyer, “I don’t know what’s going on but I object.” Matt and Josh discuss the House of Representatives in October 2023, the GOP speakership vote, Speakers Pro Tempore, and more. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/I-dont-know-whats-going-on-but-i-object.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (28.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
Dear Friends, Well! After one of the craziest weekends any of us can remember witnessing on the Hill, I’m certainly relieved to be writing a very different note this week than I had expected. As everyone knows, a last-minute about-face by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday afternoon teed up
Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown Saturday when Speaker McCarthy shocked Capitol Hill and expedited a clean continuing resolution on the House Floor, funding the government at current levels for 45 days, against the wishes of hardliners in his conference. The bill passed easily on bipartisan lines, was quickly taken
Mark and Josh talk with Professor Tony Madonna about Kevin McCarthy’s unusual speakership, among other things. Tony is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and author of numerous studies of House and Senate procedure. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tony-madonna-podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (36.7MB)Subscribe: RSS |
Dear Friends, It has become commonplace for us to greet September with a long congressional to-do list and some degree of concern over whether the federal government will be funded come October 1. The main difference this year, unfortunately, is the intensity with which the shutdown speculation is ramping up.
In Federalist 78, published in the spring of 1788, Alexander Hamilton famously referred to the judiciary as “the least dangerous” branch of the federal government. A fair question 235 years later is whether it has become the least accountable branch, at least at the top level. Unlike lower-court judges and
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