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"But, the vacant office must be located in 'an office of an Executive agency.' An executive agency, under the statute, means 'an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.' The Library of Congress is none of those." firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constituti…

We often wonder why member interest in devoting time & resources to the hard work of legislating has decreased year over year. This is why.

It's time for out of the box thinking on funding the federal component of elections in this country. We should allow American taxpayers to decide how much to send to election security Bipartisan Policy Center executive fellow Sen. Senator Roy Blunt with the details wsj.com/opinion/check-…

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DOGE commentary often points out that Congress already has oversight entities doing the same work and that DOGE is just finding the same savings GAO and IGs find regularly. So why hasn't Congress done more? Bipartisan Policy Center J.D. Rackey digs into some new data to find out...🔗⬇️

🔎 Nonpartisan watchdogs across the federal government issue hundreds of reports and recommendations annually to combat waste, fraud and abuse. But data suggest these recommendations aren't effectively entering the policymaking process. NEW by J.D. Rackey👇

You've done it before, you can do it again!

I don't understand people who don't love Congress.

Earlier this week, I joined the Ballotpedia podcast to give a rundown of budget reconciliation in Congress. 🔗 ⬇️ The wrangling and negotiating in the House is just the start. The Senate will really shape what the bill becomes. And whither the role of conference committees?

So Elon Musk got frustrated and demoralized trying to fix government after just 128 days. Imagine how some of us feel after doing it for many years Real fixes are possible. For them to be durable, the parties need to agree on the problem and solution nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/…

/2 The Article tells the story of a group of lawyers in Capitol Hill who operated like Congress's equivalent to the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel from 1919-1969. This finding flies in the face of *dozens* of articles suggesting that Congress has never had such an office.