KPCC-FM featured Christian Grose of the USC Dornsife College on the future of the filibuster and bipartisanship in Congress. “The most recent precedent there was a power sharing agreement” Listen here
Niskanen Center published a blog co-authored by Jeffery A. Jenkins about ending the filibuster. “Typically, the filibuster is described as a tool of the minority party, obstructing majority-rule, or “majoritarian” policy-making. Yet, we can flip this framing around and see that, sometimes, the filibuster serves a majoritarian function, and has Read more…
by Pamela McCann and Daniel Magleby Bedrosian Faculty Research Award: Policy Tools, Compromise, and Quarrels in the U.S. Congress, Awarded January 2015 __________________________ Governmental public policies provide a framework for programs, services, and resource allocations to address societal problems. The bicameral nature of the United States Congress provides a setting Read more…
Governmental public policies provide a framework for programs, services, and resource allocations to address societal problems. The bicameral nature of the United States Congress provides a setting for conflict not just on whether to reform existing policy, but on what policy instruments to employ.
