HeyJaredKosar on Congress and Governance
My takes on Congress and governance. I have been studying and writing about American governance for 30 years. Please also check out my Understanding Congress Podcast: https://www.understandingcongress.org/podcasts/
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New Report: Congress Is Struggling to Govern. Are Electoral Incentives to Blame? (opens the original)
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Is Expanding the Membership of the House of Representatives a Liberal Plot? (opens the original)
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Recently, I was invited onto Rob Astorino’s program, Saturday Agenda to discuss expanding the House of Representatives. As best I can guess, someone at Newsmax saw my Washington Examiner article on the Brennan Center report, Eight Sol
If Sen. John Fetterman Switched Parties, Would He Become More Conservative? (opens the original)
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Are We Being Too Hard on Congress? (opens the original)
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What Do We Want from the US Postal Service? (opens the original)
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I enjoyed chatting with Alicia Nieves of NewsNation’s The Hill about the US Postal Service (USPS). The agency’s finances are eroding. It has a huge amount of debt and it can’t maintain its cash for more than another year or two. The USPS will have a liquidity crisis and it will not be able to operate.Congress needs to act sooner rather than later. It also needs to quit trying to conjure ways to save the USPS without making any significant changes to the agency. Patches and kludges are not l
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