Congress in Context

Procedural friction takes center stage as the executive branch uses the rare tactic of canceling a scheduled bipartisan bill signing, stalling critical housing affordability reforms to demand movement...

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This episode explores how Congress utilizes the suspension of the rules to bypass gridlock and deliver bipartisan solutions for urgent American needs, ranging from housing affordability to disaster re...

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In this episode of Congress In Context, the Senate’s decisive 85-5 passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act demonstrates how bipartisan legislative machinery can directly address the national a...

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This episode of Congress in Context explores how the Senate utilized critical procedural maneuvers, such as invoking cloture on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, to prioritize tangible relief for ...

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This episode of Congress in Context explores how the immense machinery of congressional reconciliation and the power of individual procedural objections dictate the financial security and safety of mi...

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This episode of Congress In Context explores how specific procedural levers, from cloture motions to the Congressional Review Act, serve as the final gatekeepers for the economic and legal security of...

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In this episode of Congress In Context, we examine how procedural maneuvers, such as the partisan standoff that allowed the expiration of critical intelligence tools like FISA Section 702 and the inte...

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📜 Read the full text at: https://www.congress.gov☕ Support the deep dives: https://buymeacoffee.com/congressincontextextSubscribe for non-partisan analysis of the machinery of government.This episode...

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