Kosar on Congress and Governance

What will Congress do about President Trump’s “takeover” of Washington, DC?

And will legislators act when the Make Cities Great Again roadshow goes to Chicago and other Democratic strongholds?

Sep 8 • 

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August 2025

Senate appropriators reject House cuts to congressional funding for Capitol Hill operations

Spending on Congress in inflation-adjusted dollars has grown a mere 2.5% since 2010 ($6.6 billion to $6.7 billion).

Aug 25 • 

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July 2025

Congress passes spending cuts — but at what cost to the appropriations process?

Are pocket rescissions coming? And thanks to Joe Postell.

Jul 31 • 

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What are the qualities that make a good legislator?

Also: The Senate and House of Representative disagree on legislative branch funding.

Jul 16 • 

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Congress tries to ban insider trading by its members

And groups rally to opposed cuts to the Government Watchdog

Jul 11 • 

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June 2025

Parsing an abstruse provision in the rule for the $10 billion rescissions bill

And a couple of other nerdy, interesting bits of news

Jun 15 • 

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Our new study of systemic election reform

What were the reformers trying to do? And did it work?

Jun 3 • 

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May 2025

Some critiques of a new video bashing earmarks

If you want to cut federal spending on local projects, go after grants-in-aid and tax policies.

May 29 • 

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Want a copy of our book, Congress Overwhelmed?

It will change the way you think about what's wrong with our nation's legislature.

May 17 • 

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House GOP shuts down Democrats’ oversight of Trump

Democrats are aggrieved their resolutions of inquiry have been blocked.

May 12 • 

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April 2025

Review: The Triumph of Economic Freedom

Forgetting the virtues of free enterprise will leave us all poorer.

Apr 30 • 

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The biggest congressional budgeting mess ever?

And on a lighter note...

Apr 22 • 

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