HeyJaredJayne (Conway) Converse
Public historian & Civic Educator - Exploring the historical patterns, political developments, and civic questions shaping our lives today.
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TRANSCRIPT: The Rogue Clerk Scenario (opens the original)
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The Rogue Clerk Scenario (opens the original)
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There is a strange period between Election Day and the moment a new House of Representatives actually takes power. The states count the votes and certify their winners, but those newly elected members don’t take office until January 3. When they arrive in Washington, the outgoing Clerk of the House calls the new Congress to order using a roll prepared from the states’ election certifications and presides until the House elects a Speaker. Normally, almost no one pays attention to this process. Bu
Congress’s Delete Button (opens the original)
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Congress’s Delete Button (opens the original)
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I started with what I thought was a pretty simple question: What has the 119th Congress actually accomplished? The midterms are approaching, Republicans have controlled Congress since January 2025, and I wanted to look beyond the speeches and headlines and see what they had actually done with that power. So I went through all 108 public laws passed as of September 11. Eleven were honorary or commemorative. Twenty-three more overturned rules or decisions made by federal agencies. That’s thirty-fo
TRANSCRIPT: The Presidency Trump Will Leave Behind (opens the original)
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