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Enormous change to the Senate occurred today. By majority vote, the Senate moved to proceed on judicial and executive nominations, with the

Senior Fellow Marian Currinder spoke to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this morning on the political dynamics of

Senior Fellow Josh Huder followed-up to his October 4 post — written with Senior Fellow Marian Currinder on Speaker Boehner’s ability to negotiate a

As you are well aware, Congress passed and the president signed a bill to reopen the federal government.  Because of the shutdown,

As the House prepares to vote for another CR/debt deal without a majority of Republicans, some wonder whether this is the end

Currently, the debate over American polarization is dominated by electoral considerations: gerrymandering, sorting, PACs, campaign finance, etc. Most of these arguments are

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling in 2010 delivered a wallop that left federal campaign finance regulations reeling, but McCutcheon v. Federal

This morning on WTOP’s morning program Rep. Andy Harris (MD-1) blamed the government shutdown on Democrats’ refusal to remove the “gold-plated” health

According to Meredith Shiner, Sen. Charles Grassley is frustrated by the continuing battle over health benefits for members of Congress and their staff,

By Marian Currinder and Joshua Huder The federal government has shut down for the first time since 1996 and all eyes are

If Speaker Boehner allows the House to vote on a “clean” continuing resolution with the idea of allowing it to pass with

The Government Affairs Institute has posted new dates for our courses through 2014.  All dates are listed on individual course pages and

Senior Fellow Mark Harkins provided today’s congressional trivia question for Politico’s Huddle blog. The question cues in on North Carolina where democrat

As I mused in my last post, one argument in Congress is not ONLY should Congressional staff receive a subsidy as they

The Senate’s procedural and strategic contexts may create an interesting irony for some Republicans this week. The Senate’s conservative Republicans may filibuster