GAI Blog "Revise & Extend"

Early last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies released its draft FY2020 bill, and subsequently

Dear Friends: Happy spring! While cherry blossoms steal the show outdoors, a buzz of activity continues inside the Capitol complex. A slew

Procedurally, the House and Senate could not be more different. The House is subject to absolute majority rule. Conversely, the Senate is

Congressional oversight in the 116th Congress has gotten off to a roaring start.  After two years of unified government in the Trump administration,

The FY2019 appropriations process in Congress—which will provide funding for the federal government from October 1, 2018, until September 30, 2019—is once

After a moment of pomp and circumstance to accompany the swearing-in of the new Congress, the 116th Congress quickly pivoted to the

Finally! Nearly fourteen months after a cascade of #MeToo revelations led to fresh scrutiny of Congress’s opaque and antiquated process for handling sexual harassment

Another election cycle has washed over our nation’s capital.  As outgoing members clear out their desks and incoming members eye their new

Dear Friends, Greetings from post-midterms Washington. A lot has changed since we last caught up! This month Senior Fellow Laura Blessing walks

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

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