Congressmen Ami Bera, David Cicilline, Rodney Davis and Adam Kinzinger talk problem solving.
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Watch No Labels Co-Founder Mark McKinnon discuss No Labels' newly unveiled plan Make the Presidency Work! on the June 17th edition of Morning Joe.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, Congress wasn't always hated, Mark McKinnon discusses our Make the Presidency Work! action plan, and possible defense cuts are being used for politics.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, Governors urge Congress to work, presidential candidates are avoiding answers to real questions, and Washington's inability to work is hurting the Postal Service.
Yesterday The New York Times' Peter Baker wrote about the No Labels Make the Presidency Work! action plan. Now, No Labels has launched the Make the Presidency Work! site, where you can add your name to those calling for reform, contact the presidential candidates asking them to support the plan, and learn more about each reform idea
The New York Times features the No Labels Make the Presidency Work! action plan, explaining that the reforms could “cut through some of the institutional obstacles to decisive leadership that have challenged President Obama and his recent predecessors, while also erecting structures to foster more bipartisanship, transparency and responsiveness.
HOLDING CONGRESS ACCOUNTABLE: The Fix Congress Now Caucus formally asked the Committee on House Administration to hold a hearing on No Budget, No Pay. With broad bipartisan and popular support, a formal hearing is the first step toward passing this bill and holding Congress accountable to the American people.
Senate Democrats and House Republicans are in disagreement over the spending totals for the proposed national budget. With a polarizing election coming in November, it is all but certain that no budget will be agreed upon until January.
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is approaching her 5,000th straight vote on Capitol Hill. With efficacy in Congress becoming a growing problem, Senator Collins's commitment to active participation is commendable and warrants recognition.
GRIDLOCK IN WASHINGTON: In the next four months the dueling realities of the Democrats and the Republicans will only become more starkly divided. Darrell West notes that instead of negotiating, political leaders "are talking past one another because they are playing to their particular base."
Passing a congressional spending bill can be similar to buying groceries with your children: No matter how specific your shopping list, you always seem to find yourself paying for items you never intended to buy.
If Congress can't pass a budget and all annual spending bills on time, members of Congress should not get paid.
All presidential nominations should be confirmed or rejected within 90 days of the nomination.
Require real (not virtual) filibusters and end filibusters on motions to proceed.
Allow a bipartisan majority of members to override a leader or committee chair’s refusal to bring a bill to the floor.
Make Congress work on coordinated schedules with three five-day work weeks a month in DC and one week in their home district.
Provide a monthly forum for members of Congress to ask the president questions to force leaders to debate one another and defend their ideas.
A nonpartisan leader should deliver an annual, televised fiscal update in-person to a joint session of Congress to ensure everyone is working off the same facts.
Members should make no pledge but the pledge of allegiance and their formal oath of office.
The House and Senate should institute monthly, off-the-record and bipartisan gatherings to get members talking across party lines.
At all joint meetings or sessions of Congress, each member should be seated next to at least one member of the other party.
Congressional party leaders should form a bipartisan congressional leadership committee to discuss legislative agendas and substantive solutions.
Incumbents from one party should not conduct negative campaigns against sitting members of the opposing party.
If Congress can't pass a budget and all annual spending bills on time, members of Congress should not get paid.
All presidential nominations should be confirmed or rejected within 90 days of the nomination.
Require real (not virtual) filibusters and end filibusters on motions to proceed.
Allow a bipartisan majority of members to override a leader or committee chair’s refusal to bring a bill to the floor.
Make Congress work on coordinated schedules with three five-day work weeks a month in DC and one week in their home district.
Provide a monthly forum for members of Congress to ask the president questions to force leaders to debate one another and defend their ideas.
A nonpartisan leader should deliver an annual, televised fiscal update in-person to a joint session of Congress to ensure everyone is working off the same facts.
Members should make no pledge but the pledge of allegiance and their formal oath of office.
The House and Senate should institute monthly, off-the-record and bipartisan gatherings to get members talking across party lines.
At all joint meetings or sessions of Congress, each member should be seated next to at least one member of the other party.
Congressional party leaders should form a bipartisan congressional leadership committee to discuss legislative agendas and substantive solutions.
Incumbents from one party should not conduct negative campaigns against sitting members of the opposing party.
If Congress can't pass a budget and all annual spending bills on time, members of Congress should not get paid.
All presidential nominations should be confirmed or rejected within 90 days of the nomination.
Require real (not virtual) filibusters and end filibusters on motions to proceed.
Allow a bipartisan majority of members to override a leader or committee chair’s refusal to bring a bill to the floor.
Make Congress work on coordinated schedules with three five-day work weeks a month in DC and one week in their home district.
Provide a monthly forum for members of Congress to ask the president questions to force leaders to debate one another and defend their ideas.
A nonpartisan leader should deliver an annual, televised fiscal update in-person to a joint session of Congress to ensure everyone is working off the same facts.
Members should make no pledge but the pledge of allegiance and their formal oath of office.
The House and Senate should institute monthly, off-the-record and bipartisan gatherings to get members talking across party lines.
At all joint meetings or sessions of Congress, each member should be seated next to at least one member of the other party.
Congressional party leaders should form a bipartisan congressional leadership committee to discuss legislative agendas and substantive solutions.
Incumbents from one party should not conduct negative campaigns against sitting members of the opposing party.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, the debt ceiling showdown in 2011 cost $1.3 billion, the gang of eight's immigration bill is close to coming to the Senate floor and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick joins the Problem Solvers.
Congressmen Ami Bera, David Cicilline, Rodney Davis and Adam Kinzinger talk problem solving.
"Like many people across our great country, I learned at a young age that balancing the family budget and living within our means is a question of values."
