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© Getty Images Of some 30,000 laws passed in the history of Congress, a remarkably small number stand out for their positive impact and minimal adverse effects. This subject is important because controversy over lawmaking and congressional gridlock have prevented us from solving critical national problems for more than 30 years. This essay lists 15 laws that meet both criteria. Laws mainly correcting injustices, such as the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, are not included. Except for its fatef...

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Toggle open close If there is one thing about politics that unites Americans these days, it is their contempt for political parties and partisanship. More Americans today identify as independents than with either of the two major political parties. Citizens boast that they “vote for the person, not for the party,” and denounce fellow citizens or representatives who blindly toe the party line. Party leaders in Congress are held in disrepute, criticized by one side for being too soft and cond...

The failed effort would have removed job protections for 84,000 high-ranking civil servants

Professor Theriault, who is fascinated by congressional decision-making, is currently researching the effect of interpersonal relationships within the U.S. Congress. He has published five books: Congress: The First Branch (with Mickey Edwards; Oxford University Press, 2020), The Great Broadening (with Bryan Jones and Michelle Whyman; University of Chicago Press, 2019), The Gingrich Senators (Oxford University Press, 2013), Party Polarization in Congress (Cambridge University Press, 2008), and ...

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Federal career employees across the Trump administration are fearful of losing their job protections and potentially their jobs, as agencies begin to implement a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

But he took it to the fbi. >> appreciate it. >> for more on the presidents campaign, i am joined by acting solicitor. when you take a step back away from the details of what happened on the russia investigation and the details of the experience theory, you have the president of the united states using his power and leverage to attack, over and over, a civil servant in the career justice department. have you ever seen anything like this? >> not in america in recent years. we had the pendleton act...

Our federal workforce, the pendleton act set it up this way because we dont want americans fearing the people who read our tax returns are political. they are not. i served twice at the justice department. once in the solicitor generals office all with career deputies and lawyers and one in the attorney generals office where he works and both times, staffed with career people and honestly, brings tears to your eyes to see how nonpolitical the folks are day in and day out. it was incredibly inspi...

Personal campaign against career civil servants in the justice department, im joined by former acting u.s. solicitor general neil katyal. when you take a step back away from the details on what happened in the russia investigation and the details of the conspiracy theory being woven, you had the president of the united states using his power and leverage to attack over and over a civil servant in the career justice department. have you ever seen anything like this? >> not in america in recent ye...