Tag: Congress
Lack of Earmarks Makes Congress Harder to Lead
Scott Frisch and I have an Op-Ed in Roll Call today focusing on the impact of the earmark ban on the ability of Congress to do its work. As of right now it is among the “most emailed” stor... Read More
Five Best Books on Congress
Inadvertently my string of “best of” lists continues today. Earlier this year Choice magazine asked me for a list of the five books about Congress that I would like my students to read bef... Read More
Praise for Cheese factories on the Moon
We received this via email over the weekend. We thought we’d share: “I’ve just finished reading ‘Cheese Factories on the Moon.’ You and Scott Frisch have successfully ... Read More
Jeff Flake: Giant Killer
In 2008 arch-earmark-foe Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) initiated a full court press for his assignment to the Appropriations Committee. Supporters circulated an internet petition supporting his req... Read More
Earmarks for the ages…
Long lost records from the Senate Appropriations Committee, in a story on the blog Booktryst. The records, contained in bound volumes discovered by a Northern California rare book collector, cover the... Read More
Are Earmarks Like Pornography? A Few Results from an Internet-Based Survey
As the FY 2011 appropriations cycle becomes white hot, controversy over earmarks once again surfaces, presenting one more sticking point for passing an omnibus appropriations bill. Earmark foes are de... Read More
Cheese Factories on Wordle
Just having a little fun between meetings today. We took the text of our entire manuscript and entered it into Wordle (http://www.wordle.net) and generated the word cloud to the left. If you did... Read More
Parochialism is the Point (sort of)
The election is over. Republicans won the House and increased their numbers in the Senate. Now the media are beginning to focus on how the newly-empowered Republicans will govern. No longer are ... Read More
