GAI Blog "Revise & Extend"

We are living in interesting times.  In order to bring you more insight on the issues of the day, we thought we’d

House and Senate leaders  pushed through an omnibus spending package last week. The bill combines 11 appropriations bills for the final months

House and Senate leaders will push through an omnibus spending package this week. The bill combines 11 appropriations bills for the final

Next week, the government will run out of money to stay open. And in typical fashion, Congress has left itself an insanely

It’s a nuclear week in the Senate. Majority Leader McConnell has hinted that he has the votes to go “nuclear” on Judge

In all likelihood, Tenth Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch will replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. How he gets

The Senate passed a budget yesterday. It lacked some of the typical hallmarks of a budget resolution. Namely, the chamber did not

When the 115th Congress convened last week it was immediately faced with a range of important issues: the promised repeal of Obamacare,

With the election over and cabinet hopefuls parading to Trump Tower, political prognosticators are looking towards 2017.  What will the incoming presidential

How do we justify our military actions and what is Congress’s role? Legend has it that the late Congressman Charlie Wilson from

The budget process created in 1974 put into place a mechanism to limit the power of appropriators and try to slow down

When Paul Ryan accepted the nomination for the Speakership he promised his colleagues that he would deliver a more regular process. He

Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, and all around Washington the daffodils are just beginning to poke out of the ground.  Most of

The optimism following the 2-year budget deal struck last October is officially over. Many House majority members who were unhappy with the

“The Constitution is pretty clear about what’s supposed to happen now. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the President