Why the House Speaker finally greenlit Ukraine aid
There are underappreciated factors behind Rep. Mike Johnson’s shift.
How Republicans can turn the House’s lights back on
But electing a speaker won’t resolve the crisis.
What does it take to depose the House speaker?
Hint: There’s a secret list of speakers in waiting
If seated, a Cherokee delegate could make a big difference in Congress
If the House agrees to seat the delegate, it would fulfill a nearly 200-year-old treaty obligation with the Cherokee Nation.
Members of Congress have lost control over spending
Package deals over budgets mean that individual members find it hard to make a mark.
What the Super Bowl can teach us about foreign policy
In football and in international relations, the rules matter.
How Nancy Pelosi overcame her opposition and became House speaker. Again.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has once again stepped into the role
Some moderate Republicans are trying to force a House vote on DACA. Here’s what that means.
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New count of U.S. protests shows more than 300 separate rallies against gun violence in Feb.
This is the 14th installment in a monthly series reporting
This is why the congressional budget process is broken
The Republican House and Senate have now adopted their annual
Are most American politicians profiting from their offices? Not according to this data.
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Can Trump’s opponents manipulate the convention rules and defeat him? Here’s the problem.
With the 2016 Republican National Convention coming next week, attention
The House Freedom Caucus wants looser party control on the floor. This is what would happen if they got it.
[caption id="attachment_28754" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)[/caption] Former House
Can a trade bargain be put back together again?
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Boehner’s defeat was actually really unusual. Here’s why.
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Boehner's defeat was actually really unusual. Here's why.
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Boehner’s dissidents: More historical context about speakership revolts
The opposition to the reelection of John Boehner by the
Can Mitch McConnell repair the Senate?
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The lawsuit rolls forward
To no one's surprise, the House of Representatives has voted
The NSA Freedom Act?
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Stop blaming the tea party. It's the moderate Republicans' fault.
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Republicans were for the shutdown deal before they voted against it
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Reality check: 'Gephardt Rule' alone can't fix the debt limit crisis
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Dis-charge! Historical data and prospects for success.
[caption id="attachment_1024" align="aligncenter" width="1014" special=""] "The Speaker's Attitude" by cartoonist
Governing from the Monkey Cage, discharge rule edition
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Why the discharge rule won't help Democrats on the CR
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What’s in a name? That which we call the “Hastert Rule” by any other name would ….
Pardon the morning Shakespeare. But I think a small dose
The Failure of Plan B
After the House Republicans punted on legislation to extend the
There’s a very short fuse on the exploding can*
Is the House Republican Conference the ACME Corporation of our
Thoughts on the Lawsuit Against Filibustering in the Senate
I have to confess I am very excited that Common
Where have all the conference committees gone?
Following Jordan's excellent post, a few more thoughts about conference
Speaker Boehner’s legislative dilemma
How useful is that big gavel if you can't win
Be careful what you vote against: Creating super committees
As congressional leaders move to make their appointments to the
Will the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction succeed? More thoughts on super committees
There's been interest today in the historical record of Congressional
Senate reform? Still possible.
Last Thursday, "the Senate adopted a modest package of reforms":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/27/AR2011012707334.html.
The Power of Pelosi
In my previous post, I made the case that Speaker
Congressional Dysfunction, Revisited
I thought I'd weigh in on John Sides' on-going conversation
Health Care
Was I dreaming? I sat down on the couch next
To self-execute or not to self-execute, that is the ….
"Nothing is so boring to the layman as a litany
Filibustering and Deliberation: the Case for Free and Full Debate
As the Monkey Cage faithful know, I have been posting
The Case for Filibustering; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mitch McConnell*
[Sorry it has been a while. APSA and teaching and