House of Representatives

proxy voting

Clear and absent danger: why proxy voting violates the American system

22 May 2020 12:00 am

When House Democrats passed their $3 trillion coronavirus ‘relief’ package late last week, they also jammed through a rules change…

Rep. French Hill who

French Hill: Congress should conduct ‘full oversight’ of WHO funding

11 April 2020 12:52 am

Rep. French Hill is on board with President Trump’s threat to withhold funding from the World Health Organization because of…

joe kennedy

Joe Kennedy and the perils of media hubris

22 December 2019 6:26 am

‘Dear Ellie and James,’ said Rep. Joe Kennedy in his remarks to the House of Representatives as he voted to…

delay

Pelosi’s impeachment delay is an unforced error

20 December 2019 10:05 am

One of our perennial school pranks was to place a whoopee cushion secretly on the chair of an unsuspecting teacher.…

nancy pelosi impeachment spectacle

The real impeachment scandal

19 December 2019 8:29 pm

I am so glad that Nancy Pelosi has finally come to her senses and declared — on the floor of…