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The attempted Pelosi ouster is crumbling. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) heads into today’s Democratic Caucus leadership elections unopposed in the

In the wake of the federal elections last week, all eyes immediately turned toward the Democratic Party and the impending transfer of

November is a beautiful month of transition. The air is cooler. The leaves are turning.  And because it’s an even-numbered year, the

Director’s Desk

Dear Friends, With less than a week to go before the midterm elections, Congress is on an extended recess and attention has

To no one’s surprise, the 176th nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court will likely soon become its 114th justice. Judge Brett Kavanaugh

The federal budget process, laid out in the 1974 Budget Act, is a complex, multi-stage process with many opportunities for partisanship and

The federal budget process is broken.  There are few things that political actors across the spectrum agree on; the deep dysfunctionality of

Now that erstwhile Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Dr. Ronny Jackson has lost his job as the President’s personal physician, he should

March 2018 marked a curious milestone for national security that may portend some unexpected clashes ahead for President Trump and congressional overseers. 

Last month Congress struck a two-year deal that greases the budget wheels to the tune of an extra $320 billion. While political

Three months into the 2018 fiscal year, Congress and the President have yet to finalize a budget deal. Delayed funding of government

The FY2018 appropriations process in Congress—which will provide funding for the federal government from October 1, 2017, until September 30, 2018—is once

The Republican Party has become a victim of its own success.  Given their legislative, administrative, and impending electoral challenges, this may sound

There is a common adage in national security and foreign policy debates that “partisan politics stop at the water’s edge.” This famous

R.I.P. Budget Hawks

November 16, 2017, will be a day long remembered in the annals of Congressional history. Not because of the Franken picture or