This piece was co-written with Mark Harkins, a Senior Fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University. He worked on Capitol
This piece was co-written with Mark Harkins, a Senior Fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University. He worked on Capitol
For federal departments and agencies, the most important issue in the First Session of the 114th Congress will be the shape of
For the past week, Majority Leader McConnell experimented with an open amendment process in the Senate. Members offered amendments on everything from
Can decades of dysfunction reverse course in a single Congress? No. But despite the general pessimism surrounding Congress there are several reason
The 113th Congress may very well go down in history as the least democratic in our nation’s history. Except it probably not in
A lot is being said about the historic nature of Republicans flipping 8-9 Senate seats and beating four incumbent Democrats (and possibly
New House Republican Conference rules prevent members seeking higher office to hold committee and subcommittee chairs. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said, the “idea
There’s an old adage in American politics that campaigns boil down to a choice between one of two simple messages: “It’s time
Democrats are searching for explanations to Tuesday’s thorough defeat. Aside from obvious considerations – low turnout, 6th year election, etc. – there are
With Republicans likely winning a Senate majority in today’s elections, it’s worth examining whether there are parallels to what happened in 2006
“The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating. There is no path that can guarantee success, but the prospects can be improved.”
Several Senate Democrats are running their campaigns as far away from the President as possible. Democrats are defending six states that Mitt Romney won
Ebola is the most recent “crisis” (footnote: “crisis” is a loose term given Ebola’s relative lack of impact on the health of
November 4 is right around the corner and speculation about which party will control the Senate and by how many seats has
In a recent Elle magazine interview Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced that she would not retire because ”[Obama] could not
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