NYT: The immigration bill, opposed by House Republicans, never became law. But the jobs program amendment was classic Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic socialist who has spent a quarter-century in Congress working the side door, tacking on amendments… Continue reading

Alexander Fouirnaies and Andrew Hall have posted this draft on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: Concerns that interest groups use their financial resources to distort the democratic process are longstanding. Empirical research shows that interest groups seek access to legislators… Continue reading

Keep your eye on this issue raised by Professor Robert Spitzer in a WaPo oped: In his two vetoes, Obama issued a so-called “protective return pocket veto,” whereby he announced a pocket veto and titled his veto… Continue reading