First Branch Forecast
Daniel Schuman, Chris Nehls, Omar AwanWhere Congress Learns About Congress
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Digging a Deeper Hole with Rayburn Renovation
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Senate appropriators expressed sticker shock at the budget request of the Architect of the Capitol during Tuesday’s Legislative Branch Subcommittee hearing. Chair Deb Fischer was to the point: AOC had not educated enough member...
Big Changes for the Library of Congress and Government Publishing Office
GPO Director Halpern and Acting Librarian of Congress Newlen Testify Before House Legislative Branch Appropriations on March 6, 2026
Today the House Administration Committee voted unanimously to favorably report legislation changing the le...
5 Steps the House Can Take Now to Address Its Ethics Crisis
Congress remains mired in member misconduct scandals. Revamping the legislative branch’s fragmented ethics and accountability system is necessary, but will be a major undertaking. That is not an excuse, however, for doing nothing immediate...
Reaching the Breaking Point
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The Speaker of the House constantly controls the pressure on members to act in the lockstep with the majority. But that pressure can burst the system. Photo by ahmet hamdi on Unsplash
After a tumultuous week for Speaker Mike J...
The Umpire Strikes Back
THE PHANTOM MENACE: APPROPRIATIONS
The full House Appropriations Committee is set to consider the FY 2027 Legislative Branch bill on Wednesday, May 13th, after the chamber returns from recess. On a party line vote, the subcommittee appr...
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I'm the Executive Director of the American Governance Institute. I write the First Branch Forecast newsletter at https://firstbranchforecast.substack.com/.
Democracy, congressional reform. Writes the First Branch Forecast for the American Governance Institute.
Founder, HillClimbers.org. Former CAO Director of Strategy at the U.S. House of Representatives. Focused on congressional staff capacity
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