make congress work
Which lawmakers are sitting together at the State of the Union this year?
As you know, bipartisan seating is reform #10 of our Make Congress Work! action plan. It’s the reform that gets a “Duh” response from anyone who hears about it. As in, “Of course, they should sit together.
Mark McKinnon showed off No Labels’ stunning new Make Congress Work! action plan on Morning Joe Wednesday morning.
No Labels Co-Founder Mark McKinnon appears on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Dec. 14, 2011, to discuss No Labels' Make Congress Work action plan.
Today, citizens from across the country are flocking to Capitol Hill to Make Congress Work. We're blogging live from the Cannon Caucus Room throughout the day to keep you posted.
I've never been so devastated by the defeat of a conservative Republican to the U.S. Senate as I was this Tuesday. It's not just that Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is a great guy: a warm, humble, often hilarious teddy bear of a man who's the type of person you'd be proud to represent you in Congress.
U.S. Senate leaders are negotiating an agreement to hold a series of votes this week on various budget proposals, including the latest one passed by the House and another one formed by tea party-backed senators.
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Profiles in Courage,"John F. Kennedy wrote admiringly of U.S. senators who put the national interest ahead of partisanship, ideological purity and regional parochialism. Many sacrificed their careers because of their stands, but Kennedy held them aloft as examples to be emulated for their moral courage, intellectual independence and public candor.
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the Senate floor to call for fixes to the filibuster, adding his voice to a growing reform movement. There have been 100 filibusters in the Senate in the last two years alone.
Welcome back, Congress! During your recess, we marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. It was an anniversary well worth marking, and America is safer with the world’s most notorious terrorist out of commission.
