…for a revolution in Congressional decision-making. The clearest evidence lies in the committee system—the engine of legislative work. Committees decide which bills advance, which witnesses are heard, and what information…
by Bruce Webb House Education and Labor:: America’s Affordable Health Choices Act all links from the Committee web page. Summary Bill Text (1.7 MB PDF) CBO-Preliminary Analysis: Tri-Committee Health Care…
…House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says there is “no alternative” to having healthcare legislation bypass his committee if Blue Dog Democrats don’t agree to legislation. Waxman…
If ever there was a time for a Senate, and a House, Investigative Committee on anything, it’s now. The Nation needs, the world is waiting, history is begging, for such….
…by October 7 and appear for testimony the following week. A different House committee today subpoenaed documents from a different Trump advisor: the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis…
…to spell out why this was happening: He was following a precedent set by the last two Republican chairs of the committee, who violated committee rules to advance nominees and…
…untenable politically dominated process. Additionally, the House and Senate Ethics Committees operate completely differently from all of the other 200-plus Committees and Subcommittees in Congress. The Ethics Committees’ rules require “Professional, Nonpartisan…
by Bruce Webb h/t to dKos poster Pronin2. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/104xx/doc10464/hr3200.pdf New scoring released Friday night shows the ten-year net increase to the deficit from the House Tri-Committee bill down to $239…
…programs have been paid for by workers over the years of their employment. Other members of the Republican Study Committee can be found here: Membership, Republican Study Committee, house.gov. The…
…on the rich”? I expect Bartlett would point to bloggers (such as myself) as examples. I have rather persistently argued for higher taxation of the rich and super-rich through more…