Events
Flurry of Budget Process Reforms Blanket House
The House of Representatives is considering a spurt of budget process reform bills this month. While it has been pegged by House Republican leaders to the Democratic Senate’s failure to produce a budget resolution over the last three years, it is also a useful exercise in better educating Members on the process—even if the pieces don’t all fit together at this point.
Changing Iraq Strategies Reflect Power Shift to House Leadership
July 16, 2007 By Don Wolfensberger,Roll Call Contributing Writer
Policy Gridlock: Is It the New Regular Order?
Is the dysfunction and policy gridlock in government simply a product of our polarized country politically, or a deeper symptom of a changing culture in Congress aimed more at gaining and holding political power than in producing good public policy for the country. Don Wolfensberger sees more signs of the latter taking place.
Will We Get the Government We Want Today?
November 7, 2006 By Don WolfensbergerRoll Call Contributing Writer
Minority's Motion to Recommit Should Not Be Curtailed
November 12, 2007 By Don Wolfensberger,Roll Call Contributing Writer
Civility, Society, and Politics:Is There a Problem?
Remarks from a Drake University-Woodrow Wilson Center Seminar, September 19, 2007