Category Archives: political parties
“Politics to the Extreme: American Political Institutions in the Twenty-First Century”
Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly are editors of this new volume. Here is the table of contents:
Foreword; Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein
Introduction; Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly
PART I: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF… Continue reading
“Tempers Flare as New Rules Strain Senate”
NYT on the post-nuclear Senate.
It actually does not seem as bad to me as the apocalyptic predictions, but we are only at the beginning.
And who knows if Republicans will blow up the rest of the filibuster when they… Continue reading
“Senate’s Long Weekends May be First Filibuster Casualty”
“First on CNN: Republicans moving to overhaul 2016 primary process”
CNN:
A handful of Republican Party officials is quietly advancing a new batch of rules aimed at streamlining a chaotic presidential nominating process that many party insiders viewed as damaging to the their campaign for the White House in… Continue reading
“Can Congress Be Saved? Eight ideas for cleaning up the mess on Capitol Hill”
Ornstein and Mann in Politico Magazine.
“Senate approves Patricia Millett for D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals”
Politico: “The Senate GOP plans to huddle on strategy in a post-nuclear option world on Tuesday at lunchtime.”
“Reid, Alexander Spar as ‘Nuclear’ Fallout Begins to Take Shape”
“Fix to Voting Rights Act stalled in Congress”
“Why I was wrong about the nuclear option”
Congress: Setting Records for Smallest Number of Laws and for Unpopularity
“Our Broken Constitution”
Looking forward to reading this @JeffreyToobin New Yorker piece (currently behind the paywall–meaning I will have to read on my tiny iPhone screen).
“Long Division: Measuring the polarization of American politics.”
Jill Lepore in the New Yorker:
The study of government, like the government itself, is in a tight spot. In 2009, during a vote on a House appropriations bill, Tom Coburn, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, tried to abolish the… Continue reading
“Rethinking Congress: A revolutionary plan to make it more responsive”
Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy oped.