VIDEO: How Harry Reid’s Power Grab Would Harm the Senate
Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) visited The Heritage Foundation Tuesday to underscore the importance and tradition of Senate rules and warn against the blatant power grab… Read More
A Rare Showing of Bipartisanship
Yesterday, in a rare showing of bipartisanship, the lame-duck Senate passed the Russia and Moldova Jackson–Vanik Repeal Act of 2012 by a vote of 92–4…. Read More
Huelskamp, Amash Say House Leadership “Punished” Dissent
A pair of the House of Representatives’ most conservative members said Tuesday that they were blindsided by news that they would be removed from key… Read More
Iran: A Strategy for the Threat Closer to Home
The House of Representatives will soon take floor action on a piece of legislation know as the Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act, aimed… Read More
WATCH LIVE: House Conservatives Answer Your Questions
House conservatives will gather this morning to take your questions about taxes, the Farm Bill, an expected continuing resolution and a range of other issues… Read More
The Right Road on Regulation
Regulation is like the weather. Everyone likes to complain, but nobody does anything about it. That’s not true, however, of the House of Representatives, which… Read More
Congress Has Its Head in the Cloud
Today the House Judiciary Committee will discuss the technological and innovative power that cloud computing offers to individuals, the private sector, and the government. Cloud… Read More
House Acts Preemptively to Preserve Nuclear Force
The House of Representatives has taken one step toward preventing the deterioration of America’s nuclear forces. It approved an amendment to the defense appropriations bill… Read More
Morning Bell: ‘Buying’ House Votes for Unpopular Legislation
An examination of “administrative earmarks” around the time of congressional votes on key pieces of President Obama’s agenda suggests the White House used its power… Read More
House of Representatives Makes Legislative Data More Accessible
Citizens across America will have a powerful tool to hold their elected leaders accountable come January. The House of Representatives today adopted new standards that increase… Read More
New Mobile App Makes U.S. House Even More Accessible
Republican leaders this week unveiled a new mobile app that helps Americans follow the action of the House of Representatives from the palm of their… Read More
House Set to Rebuke NLRB for Meddling in Boeing’s Expansion Plan
The House of Representatives is poised to pass legislation today that prohibits the National Labor Relations Board from interfering in the business decisions of U.S…. Read More
Conservative Nabs Naming Rights to ‘American Jobs Act’ After Obama Delay
President Obama repeatedly asked members of Congress to pass the American Jobs Act last week. But when no Democrat filed Obama’s bill after he presented… Read More
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Former Speaker Newt Gingrich to Speak at Heritage on Deficit Reduction
Newt Gingrich knows a thing or two about how Congress operates. The former lawmaker represented a Georgia district for 20 years and spent four of… Read More
Hands Off My Purse! Why Money Bills Originate in the House
The House of Representatives is not merely a larger Senate. The Constitution divided the legislative branch into two Houses, with different constituencies, term lengths, sizes,… Read More
Top Five New Rules of 112th Congress
Fulfilling their constitutional power to “determine the Rules of its Proceedings,” this Wednesday, January 5, 2010, the newly assembled House of Representatives will adopt the… Read More
Morning Bell: Returning the People’s House to the People
“We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in March. No single… Read More
Immediate Changes to Reform How Congress Works
Changing the membership of the Congress does not fix its out-of-touch culture. Congress’ immense unpopularity reflects the need for fundamental change in how it operates. … Read More
New House Caucus on Diplomacy and War of Ideas Off and Running
This week the House Strategic Communications and Public Diplomacy Caucus got off to a good start in its latest efforts to explore the Obama administration’s… Read More
Reconciliation 101: A “Nuclear” Abuse of Power
Why Reconciliation Exists What Is Reconciliation? Reconciliation is an optional step of the annual budget process that allows legislation to be approved by 51 votes… Read More
