New “Congress Two Beers In” podcast- @joshhuder.bsky.social , @mattglassman312.bsky.social and I talk appropriations, the SAVE Act, and tariffs. Chadha critique ahead… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

GAI’s December “On the Hill” newsletter, “American Scientific Research Depends on Congress” by @abankston.bsky.social , has important insights on how instrumental federal support has been to building American scientific dominance, as well as current challenges. gai.georgetown.edu/american-sci...

Absolute pleasure being on @c-span.bsky.social Washington Journal this morning to talk about the (likely) government shutdown, what’s happened before, what shutdowns look like, and the ways this time is different

Passing the $9.4 B rescissions package requested by the White House, the extent of the cuts approved, and the individual cuts themselves, is a telling action for the House. Congress decides to rescind money regularly, but approving Presidential requests is far more rare.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05... The fractured House GOP that denied their Speakers a procedural majority last Congress is getting in line. Still plenty of hurdles ahead…

JFC. So far, Trump has caused markets to lose about 14%. Here's how the same period to date looks under other recent presidential terms

An extensive section praising tariffs on the very day that introduced tariffs caused markets to drop significantly (& as the US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index had just risen higher than both the pandemic and Great Recession) is remarkable & commits to pursue policy irrespective of economic effect

First mention of asking Congress for legislation in the joint session to Congress is a) revealing: comes an hour in, in a speech showing an executive shedding boundaries and b) asks for tax cuts, the Republican policy über alles

The NYT is reporting that the Trump Administration is planning to cut the IRS workforce in half. To do so would cripple the revenue service and therefore the functioning of the U.S. government.

Just gave a talk on floor procedure, am too depressed to add this as an example in future talks. Would love more ridiculous but harmless behavior, a Traficant hairdo and a “beam me up” (ok, bad example given the corruption charges; still)

@stephencolbert.bsky.social Please do a “better know a federal agency” series. So much material; maybe start with @altusaid.altgov.info

Our visual examination of what DOGE has been mostly targeting and mostly leaving alone. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I had a blast joining the GAI folks on Congress, Two Beers In to discuss my recent report on congressional primaries and their impacts on member behavior! Fun to be a guest on a pod I’ve long listened to! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

New GAI “On The Hill” newsletter piece: my two cents on Jimmy Carter. Carter is both more nuanced & more relevant to today than is usually emphasized: in many ways he presages & hurries the turn towards Reaganism gai.georgetown.edu/signaling-th...

Continuing to enjoy the regular @mattngreen.bsky.social Speaker election/opening a new Congress commentary. Never change, CSPAN.

New GAI On The Hill Newsletter piece out: @loreleikelly.bsky.social writes on the mission and successes of the Modernization Committee—and promising potential next steps. gai.georgetown.edu/modernizatio... This was a pleasure to edit & inspiring to watch my friend Lorelei work on these issues.

Just wrote this for work. Trump’s unusual control of the GOP, the weakening of the GOP/its old gatekeepers & the disconnect between econ performance and electoral fortunes (& the public’s misunderstanding of econ policy) undergird this election & the future. gai.georgetown.edu/the-governme...

Postmortem election analysis lecture from my GMU classroom today now available. Slide deck and very amateur recording linked below. Instructors feel free to use these materials with attribution. jvictor.gmu.edu/wp-content/u...

Vance’s claim that Trump protected the ACA and worked to make it better is nothing short of Orwellian. My husband had pancreatic cancer as Trump and Republicans in Congress were trying to repeal and replace the legislation keeping him alive.

Dems missed a Chicago nominating convention comparison: 1916, but for the Republican convention. 5,000 women staged a protest for suffrage. This pic from Jill Lepore’s book on Wonder Woman, noting the advantage Wilson gained from women voters already enfranchised

I put this piece out earlier this week, on the shift to suspension of the rules and the disarming of the Speaker since 2023: gai.georgetown.edu/disarming-th... Fun fact: 2023 was the least legislatively productive year (metric: # public laws passed per calendar year) since 1851.

New features launched 🚀🚀at Good Authority— including “Good to Know” explainer posts. We welcome proposals for Good to Know explainers via the link below. Eager to hear from political scientists interested in contributing in this way to @goodauth.bsky.social Polisky docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Side by side coverage of the high heel race in dupont this evening and the House Republican conference voting is the news I want to watch, complete with interviews on policy positions.

Dems will regret not voting to table or voting present on MTV. Did not see Scalise leaving the race this early, though. A Jordan speakership boggles the mind- Congress passes aid to Israel and little else?

My thoughts on how Israel puts pressure on the speakership election, for @theconversationus.bsky.social . The congressional consensus is that the speaker pro tem is limited: no bringing up bills. Who fills the position and how quickly will have consequences. theconversation.com/why-the-cris...

I wrote about what's funded in a shutdown, what isn't, and why--and what's different this time around.