Kevin R. Kosar
Contributor at Freelance
Host and Editor at Understanding Congress
Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute
Thinktanker/@aei. Editor of https://t.co/m3iDDhOBUG Last book: Congress Overwhelmed: Congressional Capacity & the Prospects for Reform. Tweets & typos = mine.
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1 week ago |
understandingcongress.org | Kevin R. Kosar |Jay Cost
Congress continues to debate the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda for his second term. As so much with Congress, the details of this debate can be confusing. The legislative branch is using a procedure called “reconciliation” to enact Trump’s agenda — one that limits what Congress can actually enact but that avoids Senate procedures. What exactly is this?
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1 week ago |
kevinrkosar.substack.com | Kevin R. Kosar
Last week, John C. Paschold wrote a piece for UnderstandingCongress.org on the position-taking of legislators on the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” and attendant Musk-Trump spat. The congressional behavior was strategic, predictable, and amusing. While I edited that piece, I got an email from a Hill insider asking me about a provision in the House rule for H.R. 4, the rescission bill that aims to trim around $10 billion in previously approved spending. House Rule 499 declares:Sec. 2.
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1 week ago |
aei.org | Kevin R. Kosar
Last week, John C. Paschold wrote a piece for UnderstandingCongress.org on the position-taking of legislators on the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” and attendant Musk-Trump spat. The congressional behavior was strategic, predictable, and amusing. While I edited that piece, I got an email from a Hill insider asking me about a provision in the House rule for H.R. 4, the rescission bill that aims to trim around $10 billion in previously approved spending. House Rule 499 declares:Sec. 2.
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2 weeks ago |
beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com | Kevin R. Kosar
The fillets were heaped in cool water in the sink. We had spent the better part of an hour slicing and skinning the hefty catfish we had caught. Next up would come soaking the meat in buttermilk and the breading and frying. The pause in the work called for a drink. “This is a bit like tequila,” I told my two guests. Neither of them reacted enthusiastically to this description. So I tried again. “It’s like Tequila, but very different.
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3 weeks ago |
understandingcongress.org | Kevin R. Kosar
Who is in charge of the Library of Congress: Congress or the president? Until recently, the settled answer in Washington was that the world’s largest library was, as its name states, a legislative branch agency. President Donald Trump’s administration disagrees and insists that the nearly 225-year-old entity across the street from the Capitol is under his direction.
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Really disgusting behavior. Ban him for life.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said a fan in Chicago yelled something at Ketel Marte about his mother, who died in a car accident in 2017. Marte was visibly emotional and upset. The fan was ejected from the stadium. https://t.co/HghYhR1uRh
Freiermuth for the win. Pickens being Pickens.
Steelers TE Pat Freiermuth will step in for George Pickens after Pickens backs out of his sold-out youth camp commitment at Highmark Stadium. Pickens initially said he would still attend after getting traded, but now decided not to. Freiermuth now steps in. What a nice gesture by
"As a constitutional matter, was President Trump required to have congressional authorization before he militarily struck Iran’s nuclear facilities? The answer is, 'no.'" https://t.co/qqywM06vMV
