GAI Blog "Revise & Extend"

Both the House and Senate will return from their annual summer recess next week. Given the paltry amount of legislation produced during

It seems the Founders are out of fashion. Alexander Hamilton’s language could use some updating—but not in the rhythmic style of the

By Professor Mark Richardson, Georgetown University The Supreme Court is expected to hand down rulings on a number of major cases during

As Congress struggles to act on a myriad of challenges, much of the blame – rightly or wrongly – is being laid

Another shutdown threat barely averted, and another stopgap spending bill passed with more to follow, while major legislation stagnates. If this feels

The first session of the 118th Congress was historically unproductive. Only 35 measures were signed into law, with only the Fiscal Responsibility

Last week, Freedom Caucus members blocked another a series of spending bills from reaching the House floor. Their opposition has stymied Speakers

After a chaotic and historically unproductive first session, the 118th Congress appears to be off to a more hopeful start in the

Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown Saturday when Speaker McCarthy shocked Capitol Hill and expedited a clean continuing resolution on the House

In Federalist 78, published in the spring of 1788, Alexander Hamilton famously referred to the judiciary as “the least dangerous” branch of

By Matthew Green, Professor, Department of Politics (The Catholic University of America) The past seven months have made it abundantly clear that

Normally, we remember what we were doing when great triumphs or tragedies take place on the world stage.  Fiscal policy is not

The partisan and intra-branch posturing on the debt ceiling, on display since January, has finally yielded actual legislative text.  Last week Speaker

President Biden released the President’s Budget last week and with it, the federal appropriations process has lurched to a start.  In the

As Kevin McCarthy brokered with conservatives to win the speakership, he made a series of promises to significantly revamp the budget and