The federal budget process is broken. There are few things that political actors across the spectrum agree on; the deep dysfunctionality of
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
November 16, 2017, will be a day long remembered in the annals of Congressional history. Not because of the Franken picture or
Since the New York Times and New Yorker dropped their bombshell reporting on Harvey Weinstein last month, sexual harassment and assault allegations
As we noted in our last newsletter, September was, perhaps, the cruelest month. A bevy of high stakes deadlines (and potential crises)
The 2016 election was a near universal shock. President Trump beat (nearly) all prognosticators. House Republicans only lost 6 seats, retaining their
There’s a lot of talk about the broken processes in the House and Senate, particularly around the health care bill. Extraordinary secrecy
The House and Senate efforts to repeal and replace versions of the Affordable Care Act have relied on an amazingly convoluted, opaque,
Sequestration put into place by the Budget Control Act in 2011 (BCA) is still on the books. But Congress, with the acquiescence
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