GAI Blog "Revise & Extend"

Hosts Bob Leins and Tammy Flanagan of the For Your Benefit program welcomed Dr. Kenneth Gold, director, and Dr. Marian Currinder, senior fellow and curriculum

GAI Senior Fellow Susan Lagon, Ph.D. spoke with AZ Central about why Members of Congress — such as Rep. Raúl Grijalva — miss floor votes

This week has been a big one for congressional retirements (Coburn, McCarthy, McKeon, McIntyre, Moran, Owens).  Many we have heard about, including

This is one of a series of posts from the Congressional Update As we talked about earlier this morning, the 113th Congress

This is one of a series of posts from the Congressional Update We’re one year into President Obama’s second term and, as

This is one of a series of posts from the Congressional Update The biggest challenge in the House belongs to John Boehner.

This is one of a series of posts from the Congressional Update This talk took a look at the fiscal situation in

This is one of a series of posts from the Congressional Update Marian Currinder opened the Congressional Update with a status report

Let me start with this: yes, America hates Congress. With few exceptions Congress very rarely enjoys high job approval. Job disapproval is

The new year gave reasons for hope that the 113th Congress may finally find its stride. Four bills appear to be on

Competition for power, gerrymandering, disappearing marginal districts define Congress’s electoral landscape. Today, the American electorate is both closely divided and increasingly uncompetitive.

On January 13, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a much-watched case interpreting the president’s appointment power.  Written at a time when

Just this afternoon, the Washington Post ran a story on their web site titled “Senate Moves to Extend Jobless Benefits.”  Most readers

Both parties electoral fortunes reached highs and lows October 2013. During the government shutdown it was obvious to many commentators that Democrats

Don Wolfensberger wrote a nice piece on the parallels between Majority Leader Reid’s nuclear option and Speaker Reed’s ruling in 1890 that eliminated dilatory