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Reporter's Notebook: Congress braces for post-election game of musical chairs as leadership battles loom

Capitol Hill braces for leadership elections as Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, John Thune and Chuck Schumer all face uncertain futures ahead.

Congress, Conflict, and Compromise

Everyone with a plan to fix Congress wants to help it legislate again by making it easier for lawmakers to compromise. Some call for electing more moderates to serve in the House a...

Hakeem Jeffries Is No Nancy Pelosi

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) suddenly has a leadership problem. Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) stunned Democratic leaders by voting wi...

House GOP Leaders Don’t Crack The Whip To Advance Agenda Like Dems Do

by Nicole Silverio at CDN - House Republican leaders haven’t enforced the party’s America First agenda the same way House Democratic leaders dropped the hammer to pass their caucu...

How current Congress stacks up

We compared the output of the ongoing 119th Congress to several previous years using a number of different measures.

The 10th Senate and the meaning of legislative leadership, By Kabir Akintayo

The most useful way to assess the 10th Senate is through the legislative footprints it is leaving behind: minimum wage, student loans, local government financial autonomy, regional...

Rep. Jeffries: The Next House Speaker?

Congress Needs Less Party Discipline, Not More

Party leaders are angry at two Democrats for doing exactly what good legislators are supposed to do.

Mike Johnson Says He Intends to Remain GOP Leader

“Speaker Mike Johnson said he intends to serve as GOP leader if Republicans lose their House majority in November — but he remains bullish about the party’s chances despite signifi...

Speaker Johnson says Congress would work to deliver $5,000 checks Trump promised to Americans

House Speaker Mike Johnson committed in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Congress would “work through” President Donald Trump’s promise to give $5,000 to American adults...

Ex-Rules Chair to Oppose Rule

Politico: “How much trouble is the GOP leadership floor plan in? Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, a former Rules Committee chair who is not in the habit of defying party leaders, said...

Chuck Schumer has broad support from his caucus. But the midterms could decide his future as leader

Chuck Schumer has won and lost Senate majorities since becoming Democratic leader a decade ago. But this year's midterm elections could be the New York senator's most important yet...

Schumer’s Leadership Chances Are Better Than Ever

“It wasn’t long ago that Chuck Schumer was the most vilified man in the Democratic Party, but his political fortunes have boomeranged, and he appears on track to become the elected...

What the Midterm Elections Mean for Congressional Oversight and Investigations

Mike Johnson Muddles the Race to Succeed Him

Politico: “Republicans are reassessing the dynamics of potential leadership races after Speaker Mike Johnson‘s comments Monday that he would run for minority leader if the GOP lose...

House GOP Leadership Says Current Congress Is ‘Most Productive.’ Americans Don’t Seem To Feel That Way

by Nicole Silverio at CDN - House leadership argued the 119th Congress has been the “most productive” in decades, although public sentiment tells a different story. Speaker Mike J...

Trump promotes legislative affairs aide Katie Bailey to lead office that interfaces with Congress

President Trump is promoting legislative affairs aide Katie Bailey to lead the White House office that coordinates with Congress on the Republican agenda.

Collection: Questions for Congress

Collection of articles with key oversight questions for the U.S. Congress by leading experts, organized by topic. The post Collection: Questions for Congress appeared first on Just...

Reporter's Notebook: Dem rebels expose cracks in Jeffries’ House leadership

Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez blindsided Hakeem Jeffries by handing House Republicans a crucial procedural vote with zero warning.

Senate Crushes House On Congressional Work Days

“The Senate is well on its way to claiming the congressional attendance trophy this year, spending 32 more weekdays in session so far than the House,” Axios reports. “Senate Majori...

The Rubber-Stamp Congress

William Kristol: “Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot this November. But these midterms are a referendum on him. The 119th Congress has been controlled by the Republican party. That p...

Affordability and accountability top priorities if Democrats take House, Jeffries says

The latest polling shows Democrats with a solid shot of regaining control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. If they do, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffrie...

Respecting our multi-branch lawmaking process

In my inaugural entry for this column, I critiqued the Supreme Court’s reliance on an abstract conception of the “separation of powers.” Because the Constitution does not contain a...

"Heaven forbid": Johnson says he intends to remain GOP leader if Republicans lose majority

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said he made a "tongue-in-cheek" comment last week that he could start a lawn business if the GOP loses the House majority, told CBS News' Robert Co...