by jessparvin | Sep 13, 2023 | Book Reviews, Democracy, History
Nancy Pelosi’s Big Stick An insider account of the Californian’s first four years as House speaker reveals how she prodded Washington’s more timid male leaders to do big things. Originally published on August 27, 2023 in Washington Monthly In September 2008, House...
by jessparvin | Sep 13, 2023 | Democracy, History
The 118th Congress could be more effective than the productive 117th Read the full article, originally published on June 6, 2023, in Roll...
by jessparvin | Sep 13, 2023 | Democracy, History, Presidential Succession, Uncategorized
Should the president and vice president both die, you’d think we’d have a well-considered plan to reconstitute the government. In fact, we don’t. Originally published on April 4, 2023 in Washington Monthly Most of us who follow government know what the line of...
by jessparvin | Apr 20, 2022 | Democracy, History
Originally published on May 9, 2019, at TheHill.com The U.S. Senate is moving with accelerating speed down a slippery slope of rules changes, each time thinking the next tweak to the filibuster will stop the slide. But after three detonations of the “nuclear option”...
