It sounds counterintuitive but Congress should invest in itself *more* if it wants to better oversee, control, and even downsize executive branch agencies. Good reporting by Justin Papp

This opinion has three major holdings, one interpreting the statute specific to acting U.S. attorneys, and two interpreting the general statute for acting officers across the federal government. I'm skeptical of the first but agree with the latter two. All are a very big deal 🧵

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To How the Senate Will Expedite Confirmation of Non-Controversial Nominees Late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) detonated the first Senate “nuclear option” in 2013, curbing the filibuster to confirm executive branch nominees - except the Supreme

53-45, Senate votes to lower threshold from 60 to majority for resolutions setting up en bloc confirmations. Straight party-line vote Those batch confirmations will start next week

Senate expected to move its second post-rules-change batch of nominees at the end of this week after confirming the initial batch of 48 nominees on Thursday. Exact timing depends on CR Will be fairly large batch of noms as R’s look to clear backlog of ~150 on the exec calendar

In early September, Majority Leader Thune and fellow Republicans triggered the nuclear option to speed up the Senate confirmation process. Will it work? Read this work by myself and Chris Piper : brookings.edu/articles/will-…