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Where are we with government funding?   It’s déjà vu all over again, as Congress passes another Continuing Resolution (CR).  The FY2022 congressional

According to the headlines, last week Majority Leader Chuck Schumer forced the Senate to vote on a potential change to the Senate

In marking the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, many are taking stock of the state of the response as well

Congress is back from its Thanksgiving recess only to face another round of demanding deadlines, the most pressing of which is averting

Last night, Republicans swept the statewide races in Virginia and made a serious push in New Jersey. Among the various pundit hot-takes

Congress provides plenty of examples of procedures that were once rarely deployed but have since become routine: Filibusters instead of debate in

Debt ceiling politics is front and center in Congress as the US is scheduled to default on its accrued debt October 18.

On August 24th, the House adopted S.Con.Res.14, the congressional budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2022 previously adopted by the Senate on August

Halfway through its first session, the 117th Congress finds itself in familiar territory, one that past Congresses know all too well. The

With all the other tumult going on in our politics, one might be forgiven for not focusing on a familiar landmine: the

First, Do No Harm

The Supreme Court, and potential reforms to it, are again in the national spotlight.  In just one term, President Donald Trump left

News dropped Monday the Senate Parliamentarian would allow Democrats to “revise” the budget resolution for fiscal year 2021. This is an important

Ten days ago, his state reeling from extreme cold and widespread power outages, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) made news in a most

Politics by Other Means

I have been in Washington, DC, for the two major attacks of the past generation, on September 11, 2001, and on January

The 116th Congress wrapped up its final days in a dramatic fashion by delivering the first and only veto override of the