Archived Articles on Congressional Rules and Procedures

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/03/why-we-might-want-to-grow-the-house-of-representatives-by-250-more-seats/?utm_term=.93969ac846c1

http://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=D7B0C29D-1682-452B-A043-633A58210D75&ContentType_id=AE7A6475-A01F-4DA5-AA94-0A98973DE620&Group_id=91d2f483-0ad8-44ac-bcc4-fc2c82d75e07

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/fixing-washingtons-budget-process-why-co-opetition-is-needed/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/11/03/shutdown-politics-is-keeping-congress-from-working-heres-how-to-fix-it/?utm_term=.958718334cff

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/01/house-rules-change-didnt-hear-about/

http://www.riponsociety.org/article/congress-heal-thyself/

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437859/cut-regulations-restore-congressional-power-senator-lee-leads-way?utm_source=NR&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=July14Speer

http://thehill.com/opinion/judd-gregg/295325-judd-gregg-fixing-the-budgethttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2016/08/performance-budgeting-unnatural-act/130846/?oref=river

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/08/10/think-tanks-and-the-influence-of-corporate-dollars/government-has-gutted-its-independent-research

http://www.legbranch.com/theblog/2016/7/11/have-good-intentions-made-congress-more-chaotic

http://opportunitylives.com/no-reviving-earmarks-wont-revitalize-our-democracy/

http://www.rollcall.com/news/hawkings/bring-back-earmarks?utm_content=buffer3e7b2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

http://www.legbranch.com/theblog/2016/6/29/james-wallners-unprecedented-informal-rules-and-leader-power-in-the-united-states-senate

http://conginst.org/2016/06/22/efforts-to-reform-congress-through-a-joint-committee-underway/

http://www.wired.com/2016/04/office-technology-assessment-congress-clueless-tech-killed-tutor/

http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/congress-needs-better-paid-staff

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/6/mark-strand-finally-reforming-congress/?page=2

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/gop-filibuster-plan-217473

http://www.honestgraft.com/2015/12/the-vote-no-hope-yes-caucus-gets.html

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-11-23/senate-skips-town-earns-low-poll-ratings

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2015/11/20-paul-ryan-steering-congress-to-more-changes-reynolds#.Vk9SC6IDA_o.twitter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/time-to-ground-congress/2015/11/13/33e0fc84-8a08-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html?postshare=1311447620503209&tid=ss_tw

http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/house-keeps-pushing-change-filibuster-rules/

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/senate-republicans-filibuster-rule-change-215501

https://www.washingtonpost.com/rweb/politics/how-surprisingly-often-congress-passes-bills-while-you-are-sleeping/2015/10/31/563d5bebcd36461bc2dfd7c2e7c2d71c_story.html?tid=kindle-app

http://price.house.gov/speeches/price-senate-budget-committee-testimony-on-biennial-budgeting/

http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/10/congress-federal-budget-continuing-resolution-000270

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/fix-filibuster_1051191.html?page=3

http://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2015/9/22/9364473/conservative-congressional-funding

https://www.volckeralliance.org/blog/2015/oct/fuss-budgeting-excerpt

http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/10/21/study-shows-amendments-are-nearly-extinct-in-the-house/

http://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/mixed-results-congress-reform-measures/

http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/nuclear-option-mcconnell-senate/?dcz=

http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/09/evidence-comes-under-attack-000224

http://blogs.rollcall.com/white-house/iran-deal-debate-dusts-off-flipped-scripts-filibuster/?dcz=

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/20/if-congress-keeps-cutting-its-staff-who-is-writing-your-laws-you-wont-like-the-answer/

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Priority_Recognition_of_Floor_Leaders.htm

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/junejulyaugust_2015/on_political_books/lowinformation_lawmakers055925.php?page=all

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Give_Us_a_Summer_Break.htm

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/248915-take-the-omnibus-option-off-the-table

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2015/06/futility-nostalgia-romanticism-new-political-realists-mann-Dionne

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stancollender/2015/04/27/this-weeks-congressional-budget-will-be-worthless/

http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/house-senate-budgets-separated-birth-procedural-politics/#more-3150

http://gai.georgetown.edu/in-defense-of-sandwich-making/

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2015/04/15-rethink-the-congressional-budget-resolution-kosar

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-01/in-defense-gulp-of-ted-cruz

https://rule22.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/the-budget-rule-is-uncommon-but-small-d-democratic/

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/25/8285133/the-filibuster-is-doomed-doooooooomed

http://prospect.org/article/make-voting-mandatory-and-filibusters-extinct

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-03-04/hey-mitch-mcconnell-get-to-work

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/where-congress-excels-manufactured-crises

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/02/28/boehners-defeat-was-actually-really-unusual-heres-why/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/02/boehners-problem-isnt-just-house-republicans-its-house-democrats-too/

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2560474?utm_content=bufferc96d8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

https://rule22.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/democrats-gained-even-more-power-in-the-dhsimmigration-debate-and-it-happened-last-week/

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-20/both-parties-should-save-the-filibuster

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/right-enraged-filibuster-tactics-they-once-embraced

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/abolish-the-filibuster/2015/02/19/ca7d30d2-b86b-11e4-aa05-1ce812b3fdd2_story.html

https://rule22.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/have-republicans-gone-m-a-d-mutual-assured-destruction-on-the-filibuster/

http://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2015/02/13/the-case-for-killing-the-filibuster-n1957155/page/full

https://rule22.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/obama-wants-filibuster-reform-would-it-help-polarization/

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/rand-paul-at-fancy-farm-congress-needs-a-waiting-period-before-passing-legislation

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/01/23/is-the-senate-back-to-work?utm_content=buffere2443&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

https://rule22.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/the-senates-return-to-regular-order/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/01/14/public-pays-for-congressional-reports-it-cant-see/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/01/08/boehner_punishment_historical_background/

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/januaryfebruary_2015/features/why_i_quit_the_congressional_r053467.php

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-22/republicans-filibuster-fixation

http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/cromnibus-read-the-bill-boehner/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stancollender/2014/12/11/the-7-reasons-the-cromnibus-is-a-total-disgrace/

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/political-dysfunction-helps-lobbyists-and-kills-transparency

http://rule22.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/113th-congress-arguably-the-least-democratic-in-american-history/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/11/12/can-mitch-mcconnell-repair-the-senate/?wpisrc=nl-cage&wpmm=1

http://blogs.rollcall.com/hill-blotter/house-office-of-congressional-ethics-watchdogs/?dcz=

http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/113th-congress-legacy-shutdowns-shoutdowns-gridlock/

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/8/6122073/congress-only-has-four-full-legislative-workdays-in-the-next-nine

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-04/ending-the-filibuster-wars

http://gai.georgetown.edu/tradition-v-partisanship-holds-in-a-post-nuclear-senate/

http://www.mischiefsoffaction.com/2014/08/in-congress-minority-parties-actually.html

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-08-21/who-offers-amendments

http://m.washingtonpost.com/politics/leadership-war-stymies-senate-mission/2014/07/20/432d763c-07b8-11e4-a0dd-f2b22a257353_story.html?utm_content=buffer6cea4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

http://m.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-republicans-gagging-hypocrisy/2014/06/09/c279db60-f016-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html

http://www.nationaljournal.com/washington-inside-out/why-we-can-t-stop-talking-about-filibusters-20140514

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-gop-filibusters-tax-cut-bill-it

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/05/15/how-we-count-senate-filibusters-and-why-it-matters/

http://blogs.rollcall.com/white-house/obama-senate-needs-to-change-how-a-filibuster-works/?dcz=emailalert

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