The 118th is such a friggin’ gift/curse to those of us who teach legislative procedure

*snooze* wake me up when the resolution to vacate press conference starts

We use the speakership as a shorthand for governing majority for good historical reasons, but the 118th is a great reminder that they’re not actually the same thing

Raising the threshold for the motion to vacate wouldn’t stop things like this. Either you have a procedural majority or you don’t.

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This is the first time the House has agreed to a motion to recommit since it amended the rule to prohibit such motions from containing instructions. This motion does not effect an amendment; it is essentially a rejection of the bill in its current form.

Dramatic action shots for those wondering.

1/ I knew I wanted to be a law prof when I read Akhil Amar's Bill of Rights book the summer after my freshman year of college. I wrote him a note when I got back to campus, and I began working as his RA as a sophomore.

Like, name names. Who voted to confirm Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett but would not confirm Ho or Duncan or Willett? Which GOP Senate candidates are going to vote against a Trump nominee?

There is literally not a shred of evidence in this piece that a Republican Senate wouldn't confirm a very conservative justice if nominated by Trump to replace Sotomayor (or any of the Democrats currently on the Court).

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Senate OKs bill to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign.

One of the things I discovered when I looked into wireless charging a few years ago for Vox: it's not as inefficient as people intuitively think it is. vox.com/2016/5/24/1167…

“I don’t see the stag or the ‘flation” - Fed Chair Powell sees no signs of stagflation

He expresses surprise people are talking about it right now with strong growth and inflation at 3%

Recycling plastics is pretty pointless. We just need to reduce their use. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

It just seems so unbelievably obvious that banning cellphones in school is the right move.

Is there any serious argument for allowing them?

A bill to strengthen CBO's ability to access executive information is on the House floor this week and a bill to strengthen CRS's ability to do the same was just favorably reported by Committee on House Admn. Democrats House Admin. Committee GOP. This is all great news for Congress.