Congressional History

Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part VI: Madison, Monroe, and the Republican Presidency
Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part VI: Madison, Monroe, and the Republican Presidency

Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part VI: Madison, Monroe, and the Republican Presidency, American Enterprise Institute, March 2025. Jay Cost reminds ...

March 28, 2025
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How Congress Lost, Part V: Politics and Presidential Power Under Adams and Jefferson, 1797-1809
How Congress Lost, Part V: Politics and Presidential Power Under Adams and Jefferson, 1797-1809

Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part V: Politics and Presidential Power Under Adams and Jefferson, 1797-1809, American Enterprise Institute, February ...

February 25, 2025
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Event: The Woebegone 118th Congress—and What to Expect for the 119th
Event: The Woebegone 118th Congress—and What to Expect for the 119th

Source: Philip Wallach. The 118th Congress was historically unproductive. In some ways, though, it was one for the history books, featuring ...

January 8, 2025
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How Congress Lost, Part IV: Washington, Foreign Policy, and the Emergence of Presidential Governance
How Congress Lost, Part IV: Washington, Foreign Policy, and the Emergence of Presidential Governance

Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part IV: Washington, Foreign Policy, and the Emergence of PresidentialGovernance, American Enterprise Institute, August 2024. This ...

September 2, 2024
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How Congress Lost, Part III: Hamiltonian Energy and the Washington Administration
How Congress Lost, Part III: Hamiltonian Energy and the Washington Administration

Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part III: Hamiltonian Energy and the Washington Administration, American Enterprise Institute, June 2024. This report by ...

September 2, 2024
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How Congress Lost, Part II: The Constitutional Presidency
How Congress Lost, Part II: The Constitutional Presidency

Jay Cost, How Congress Lost, Part II: The Constitutional Presidency, American Enterprise Institute, March 2024. This report by Jay Cost, the ...

July 12, 2024
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The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government

Fergus M. Bordewich, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government ...

May 30, 2024
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How Congress Lost, Part I: The Defeated Congress
How Congress Lost, Part I: The Defeated Congress

"Congress was intended to be the most important institution in our national government.... Congress’s centrality in American political life is ...

February 9, 2024
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Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History

George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003). Buy ...

January 11, 2024
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A Chat with John Lawrence, Author of The Class of 74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship
A Chat with John Lawrence, Author of The Class of 74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship

John Lawrence, The Class of '74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018). Buy ...

January 7, 2024
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A Review of Fergus Bordewich, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
A Review of Fergus Bordewich, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government

Fergus M. Bordewich, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government ...

January 4, 2024
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When Congress Had Its Own Dormitory
When Congress Had Its Own Dormitory

Source: House.gov "Until about 50 years ago, it was not uncommon for legislators to bunk under the same roof. In the ...

January 1, 2024
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