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Reforming institutions is hard, especially when the institution is one that faces no competitive pressures from the market. Congress’s performance has suffered from anachronistic policies, processes, and technology.
But too often overlooke...
“I’m just a bill.” Those of us of a certain age remember that School House Rock tune cheerfully explaining the orthodox lawmaking process. A legislator introduces a bill, which gets referred to committee, marked up, then reported, and then...
Source: New York Times.
It is only a matter of time before the media start publishing stories about how unproductive the 119th US Congress has been. Figures will be made showing this Congress enacted fewer laws than the previous Congress,...
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Not terribly long ago, I partnered with AEI Press to revive a lost classic book, Government Project by the great social scientist Edward C. Banfield (1916-1999). The book was published in 1951, and had been out of print for decades...
The Government Accountability Office’s David Marroni explains to Congress just how bad the USPS’s finances are. March 17, 2026. Source: YouTube.com.
The House’s subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing in March titled, “Oversig...
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