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Legislative Process
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Focus on Regulation
Legislative Week of September 8, 2014- September 12, 2014
Congress Returns After August Recess Break: Congress returns for a short period until they break again for another recess to campaign for the November mid-term elections. They are expected to return to their districts September 19th. Priorities…
The Faculty Lounge
Presidential Persuasion
Today's New York Times provides an illuminating account of relationships between Barack Obama and his Democratic colleagues on Capitol Hill. While the president has not forged the kind of close…
Global Policy Watch
One Explanation for Dysfunction in the Senate
Robert C. Byrd, America’s longest serving Senator, was fond of noting that the two great rights of Senators are the right to debate and the right to amend. Not generally…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Could This Be the Year for a House Reversal on Medical Marijuana?”
Main May 17, 2014"Could This Be the Year for a House Reversal on Medical Marijuana?"The title of this post is the headline of this intriguing article from Roll Call. Here…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
What’s in a Name?
The last few decades have seen a rise in clever statute names. To name a few attention grabbers from the last decade: CAN-SPAM Act, SAFETY Act, PROTECT Act, USA PATRIOT…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
SKILLS: Guest Blogger Ann Schiavone on Teaching Using Legislative Simulations
By Sara Rankin
I'm thrilled to introduce today's guest blogger on the Legislation Law Prof Blog: Ann L. Schiavone. Ann returned to Duquesne University School of Law in 2013 as an assistant professor…
Capital Thinking
House Education and the Workforce Committee Priorities For the Rest of the Year
Legislative Activity House Education and the Workforce Committee Priorities Last week, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) shared some insight into his committee’s priorities for the…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
News: Bipartisan Unemployment Extension Deal Reached
A bipartsan deal, reached this afternoon, will extend expired unemployment insurance benefits for five months.According to the Roll Call blog this "should be enough to overcome a GOP filibuster and…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Skills: Sample Policy Student Competences
One of the goals of the Legislation Law Prof Blog is to disseminate resources in order to contribute to legislation skills training in law schools. As we discussed in our welcome post,…
The Right Coast
In Filibuster Fight, the Democrats Go Too Far | RealClearPolitics
Even assuming that line holds, eliminating the possibility of filibustering lower-court nominees will fundamentally change the calculus of judicial appointments. Presidents will understand that in picking judges they have to…