Congress Could Try Some Pork in its Diet
Pork fat is delicious. But might it also be the grease that is needed to unlock dysfunctional Washington, D.C.? Former Rep. George...
Defense Industry Tells Congress: Sequestration is Costing Jobs and Endangering National Security
Defense industry officials are warning ongoing sequestration could cost jobs in the aerospace industry. (AL.com file photo) The defense...
Congress Should Return to Responsible Earmark Policy
When two distinguished octogenarians, Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and former House Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.), passed away on October 18,...
Should Earmark Ban be Lifted to Help Congress Make Deals
WASHINGTON — As the federal government recovers from a 16-day shutdown and lurches toward another potential crisis in January, some...
Infrastructure: Where Bipartisanship Works
If you want a lesson in bipartisanship, check out the transportation committees in both the House and the Senate over the last several...
Earmarks and Success Can Help Congress Get Its Groove Back
To break the cycle of failure, partisan recrimination and stalemate on Capitol Hill, Democrats and Republicans need something that looks,...
Earmarks Can Help Congress Get Its Groove Back
Americans have little faith left in Congress. There is mounting evidence that members of Congress have developed a similarly low opinion...
Bipartisan House Group Offers Compromise to End Shutdown Impasse
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing to House Republican and Democratic leaders a compromise to end the government shutdown by...
As Pentagon Furloughs Start, Congress Yawns
One of the most consequential effects of the sequester began today: Weekly unpaid furlough days for more than 650,000 civilian workers at...
DoD Civilian Furloughs Set to Begin on Monday
Furloughs for Department of Defense civilians begin Monday, a move that amounts to a 20 percent cut in pay for hundreds of thousands of...
