Effective Oversight Requires Effective Press
These are extraordinary political and economic times, and even from a distance you can sense the animation on Capitol Hill as Congress debates Preside...
Lee Hamilton Comments on Congress
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Drawing upon his 34 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Lee Hamilton posts a bi-weekly column on Congress -- sometimes explaining why Congress works the way it does or explaining its impact, other times suggesting ways Congress could be improved or reformed.
In Congress, First Impressions Matter
The start of a new Congress is a time of hope for great accomplishments. For new members, though, it is also when they lay the groundwork for their ca...
Good Communication Anchors Our Democracy
Shortly before the turn of the year, I got a look at some polling numbers that brought me up short. They suggest that our representative democracy has...
Congress Needs Proper Leadership
As Congress moves beyond last November's elections and turns its attention to governing, it has to perform one of the toughest pivots in American poli...
Congress, Too, Can Set The Agenda
Once he is sworn in on January 20, our new president will command all eyes. After a long campaign in which he and his rival traded policy prescription...
The Ten Commandments of Citizenship
This presidential election, if you believe the polls and the rhetoric, is about change in Washington. Both candidates promise it, while voters clamor ...
Why Ethics Should Matter to Congress
Congress will never regain the faith of ordinary Americans until members of Congress win their trust. This appears to be a long way off.I see no other...
Whoever Is President, An Administration Needs Oversight
I'm as interested as the next person in all the excitement about how Washington will work with Barack Obama in the White House, but there's an importa...
The Decision To Go To War
As Congress struggled to stave off financial meltdown recently, it was hard to imagine that it could ever face a more serious issue. Yet from time to ...