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Don Wolfensberger, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
Speaker Mike Johnson has gained the respect of his conference, not only by listening for hours on end to his colleagues’ advice and complaints, but...
The overwhelming vote of 273-147 on final passage of the FISA bill affirmed that the leadership had struck the right chord with the new procedural...
The central question Congress should be asking itself is, “What can be done to reconnect with the people and earn their respect by addressing some...
With public approval ratings of Congress dipping into the teens, the warning lights are already flashing red. A wake-up call is long overdue for...
The first day of C-SPAN, March 19, 1979, was the day the House began televising its proceedings to the public — hence the cable company’s 45th...
The president may have thought that combining four disparate matters into a single bill would be strategically wise since most members could support...
The court minority’s particular lament is that, lacking an enforcement law, the judiciary is being shut-out from any action to enforce or remove the...
There are some hardline fiscal conservative members who openly advocate for a government shutdown: “Bring it on! Shut it down!” Their thinking is...
It's difficult to predict when or whether all this will end. But it is a far cry from James Madison’s ideal of a Congress in which various competing...
If the plain meaning interpretation of section 3 is accepted by the Supreme Court and ruled on accordingly, it should also avoid new challenges being...
The big question remains, where is all this going? How will the Supreme Court rule?
Whether this Congress will rival the do-little Great Depression’s 72nd Congress for a paucity of laws remains to be seen. But it is bound to take...
One of the principal challenges of the new House Speaker should be to find ways to re-educate members and instill in them a greater respect for the...
The Washington Post recently reported Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) as saying, “We should not fear a government shutdown. Most of what we do up here is bad...
If we have learned anything from the history of the speakership, it is that both intra- and inter-party divisions can turn an election of Speaker into...
“Legislative Breakdown” could be the title of a catchy Bluegrass tune. Instead, unfortunately, it’s the current state of inactivity in Congress...
Whoever said, “I’d rather study history than be a part of it,” must relate to how now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) feels...
When Supreme Court Justice Samual A. Alito, Jr. recently declared in a Wall Street Journal interview that, “No provision in the Constitution gives...