Event: Can we revive the Senate?

The Senate did not pass a budget resolution in spring of 2024, nor did it enact any of the dozen annual spending bills. The Senate’s October 2024 Calendar of Business lists 70 pages of bills on matters large and small awaiting votes. When the chamber is in session, it often spends its time voting on nominations instead.

What has become of the world’s greatest deliberative body? What can be done to revive it? AEI’s Kevin R. Kosar, R Street Institute’s James Wallner, and the University of Georgia’s Anthony J. Madonna discuss the state of the Senate and the steps needed to re-energize it.