There has been a lot of aggressive politicking around election policies over the past few years. From sea to shining sea there have been battles over voting by mail, voter identification rules and the like. For the most part, these have been partisan fights. Democrats cry out for loosening rules to make voting easier, and […]
Could a congressional dorm bring legisla...
Not long ago I was chatting with a long-time Hill staffer about the state of Congress. Our conversation hit upon troubles familiar to just about any American, like the broken budget process. We also spoke of less salient drags on legislative productivity, such as the high turnover of the staff who help legislators get things done. […]
Believe it or not, some legislators are ...
Last week, a bipartisan delegation of legislators went to California to meet with big tech companies. The visit was led by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) who chairs the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Their meetings with Apple, Microsoft and other industry heavies focused on trade, intellectual property, technology and related […]
Put the people back in the People’s Hous
The Social Security Administration’s latest report confirms that retirement benefits will have to be cut in 12 years. Far more money is going out of Social Security than is coming in. Over the next three decades, benefits will outstrip revenues by $21 trillion. Congress needs to do something or retirees will face a 23% cut […]
A must-have for spending negotiations: p...
The congressional fight over the House S...
Now that a couple of weeks have passed and the noise has begun to subside, we can take a broader view of what McCarthy’s election suggests about Congress and the state of American politics. The media had it wrong: to equate Mr. McCarthy’s struggles to win the Speakership with political dysfunction is to grossly misunderstand […]