The other day, George Santos (R-NY) took to X (formerly Twitter) to decry his enemies and victimization. Part of the tweet said, “What the “ethics committee” did today was not part of due process, what they did was poison the jury pool on my ongoing investigation with the DOJ. This was a dirty biased act […]
Could George Santos torch the House by v...
The other day, George Santos (R-NY) took to Twitter to decry his enemies and victimization. While jawing about this weirdness with a former Hill staffer, I wondered, “How will Santos exit the chamber?” He already has said he is not going to run for reelection. Yet it seems quite likely that the House of Representatives […]
The urgent 21st century upgrades Congres...
The public has been really down on Congress for about 20 years. A Gallup poll in September found public approval of our nation’s legislature was a mere 17 percent. The ugly fight over the Speakership quite probably did not buoy Americans’ feelings. For sure, some of this grumpy public sentiment is driven by negative media. […]
The horrific nightmare scenario where Co...
One thing I worry about is a contingent presidential election. That situation arises when no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes (270 of 538). Should this situation arise, Congress gets to pick the next president and vice president. Yes, you read correctly, the 535 folks whom 80 percent of Americans dislike make these momentous decisions. Yes, […]
Want better governance? Then improve the...
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. […]