Matt and Josh discuss the Big Beautiful Bill and the institutional implications for the House and Senate.

The post The Big Beautiful Bill (?) has Passed first appeared on The Government Affairs Institute.

Matt and Josh discuss DOGE, USAID, Congress’s power of the purse, norms, and lots of other things.

The post We don’t know what’s going on, but we object. first appeared on The Government Affairs Institute.

J.D. Rackey from the Bipartisan Policy Center joins Laura, Matt, and Josh to discuss his recent report on congressional primaries and recent events in Congress.

The post Congressional Primaries with J.D. Rackey first appeared on The Government Affairs Institute.

Laura, Matt, and Josh discuss the holiday CR, Democrats and Republicans organizational decisions, and things to look for in the 119th Congress.

The post The Holiday CR, Organizing Congress, and what to look for in the 119th first appeared on The Government Affairs Institute.

Laura, Matt, and Josh review the 2024 Election, Congress and the 2nd Trump administration, recess appointments, leadership races in the House and Senate, the filibuster, and more.

The post Post-Election Happy Hour Roundtable first appeared on The Government Affairs Institute.

On our latest podcast’s episode, Senior Fellow Mark Harkins talks with two college seniors to get the Gen Z perspective on our current state of politics. Mentioned material can be found at https://johnhaskell.substack.com/

The post Congress Two Beers In: Back to School Edition first appeared on The Government Affairs Institute.

Josh and Matt talk with special guests Matt Grossmann, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University, and Dave Hopkins, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College, to discuss all the weird things happening with today’s political parties.

The post Congress, Two Beers In | Special Guests Matt Grossmann and Dave Hopkins first appeared on The Government Affairs Institute.

Tune in for our latest podcast episode “Unprecedented” with Mark, Josh, and Matt.

The post New GAI podcast episode first appeared on The Government Affairs Institute.

Congress and appropriations reporter Jenn Shutt joins Laura to wrap up the year: appropriations, international supplemental funding, NDAA and what’s unprecedented, unusual -and usual- about this year. Shutt notes that the House has been “building the rollercoaster as they’re riding it”.

The post 2023 Year in Review & What’s to Come in 2024 first appeared on GAI.

Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss the Speaker’s election, the CR dilemma, and a few other odds and ends.

The post Speaker Johnson and the CR dilemma first appeared on GAI.