Josh Huder
@joshHuder
Senior Fellow @GAIGeorgetown @McCourtSchool | Podcast: Congress, Two Beers In | Study: Congress; procedure; legislative development.
Great op-ed on congressmembers' constitutional right and legal authority to oversee executive branch activities. DHS and other agencies to not have the authority to block members from observing these facilities. thehill.com/opinion/congre…
Sign me up for the anti-Chadha club.
This @joshchafetz draft on Chadha, the legislative veto, and Trump is excellent. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
We discussed this in our most recent podcast. CR is the least painful option for Johnson.
Republicans are talking about a full-year CR, followed by a series of "rifle-shot rescission packages," one after another, Rep. Jodey Arrington says. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
New Episode of Congress, Two Beers In open.substack.com/pub/joshhuder/…
New Congress, Two Beers In! @MattGlassman312 and I discuss the BBB, its institutional consequences for the House and Senate, and the status of Congress’s power of the purse. Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/con…
Must read from @bindersab on the implications of Republicans nuclear event to pass the big bill. They stripped a major guardrail in reconciliation, which has implications for appropriations and future fiscal decisions. goodauthority.substack.com/p/three-big-ta…
This makes four members this Congress who leaped more senior colleagues to win ranking members positions. (h/t @jamiedupree Regular Order. jamiedupree.substack.com/p/senate-gop-m…)
BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed: (hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)
Last time I checked, deciding whether the Appropriations Committee marks something up is a thing you can do when you are...the Chair of the Appropriations Committee.
NEWS: Sen. Susan Collins tells @JAscholtes that there will be a HEARING next Wed on rescissions BUT adds the decision on holding a markup on WH package is up to leadership Thune (last week and today) has basically deferred to Collins and acknowledged there could be changes
This is false. He literally said, “I’m Senator Alex Padilla,” as they pushed him out of the room. Do better, @ChadPergram.
FBI: During a press conference today held at the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, Senator Alex Padilla was detained by members of the U.S. Secret Service assigned to Secretary Noem’s detail when he became disruptive while formal remarks were being delivered. Secret Service Agents…