Popular Press
How Committee Staffers Clear the Runway for Legislative Action in Congress
LegBranch.org
(2018)
Abstract
Admittedly, the audience at this spring’s “The State of Congressional Capacity Conference” was a receptive one. Congressional scholars from across the country gathered and presented research asking and answering questions as to whether Congress has the capacity — the technology, staff, and other internal resources — to effectively do its job in our system of separated powers. As one might expect from such a workshop, there was almost unanimous agreement among attendees that Congress has not invested in itself nearly enough to play the role expected of it.
Keywords
- committees & caucuses,
- Congressional staffing,
- legislative procedure
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 13, 2018
Citation Information
Casey Burgat and Charles Hunt. "How Committee Staffers Clear the Runway for Legislative Action in Congress" LegBranch.org (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/charles-hunt/7/