as I and other scholars discussed in “Congress Overwhelmed: Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform.” Paramount among the troubles is that legislative processes have become fantastically complex, which
Nearly 25 years ago a federal study of research on reading showed that knowing phonemes and phonics is fundamental to learning to read. Yet many teacher training programs and district curricula do not focus on teaching phonemes and phonics. Last year the Regents encouraged school districts to tea...
In Congress, 40% of which is populated by millionaires, incoming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has vowed to “walk the walk” by becoming one of four congressional liberals to pay interns $15 an hour. She’s taking the lead from Republicans; a 2017 study by Pay Our Interns found 51% of...
The ease of giving has dramatically expanded the pool of donors in just a few election cycles and helped campaigns bring in greater hauls than ever before. And as online donations ballooned in recent years, they became a majority of funds raised by congressional candidates. Now, a POLITICO anal...
If you have issues that are very important to you, keep tabs on any Congressional action.Here you can find a list of every bill introduced in the House along with its current status. You can find bills that have not yet passed the House, which means you’ll want to write your House ...
“This ban applies to many womenbefore they even know they are pregnant, which tells us the extremists who wrote this ban don’t even know how a woman’s body works. Or they just don’t care.” “Just this week, in an interview,Trump said that states have the right to monitor pregn...
That’s not what happened this year, however. Democratic incumbents held on in Montana and West Virginia (and inMinnesota’s 7th district, the reddest congressional district held by a Democratic incumbent in the House) — but those wins were close calls, and the incumbents in the Indiana, Mi...
Despite the long odds, Democrats see a narrow road through which comprehensive immigration reform could still pass both houses of Congress and become law.
U.S. telephone area codes and exchanges do NOT seem to work; nor do Congressional districts. Canada seems to have been provided broad coverage as well, although it differentiatesFlin Flon, ManitobafromFlin Flon, Saskatchewaneven though they havea single municipal government. I guess maybe that ...