Tag: Congress
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Should we be worried about rising heat of political discourse? Yes.
Some analysts fear it could lead to violence; others note nation has had other worrisome periods; all agree it’s not a good trend for democracy.
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How Mitt Romney found himself alone in Republican Party
New book traces path of scion of prominent GOP family from Harvard M.B.A. to Bain & Co., Mass. State House, U.S. Senate amid rise of Trump.
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Biggest problem with gerrymandering
Harvard researchers found tactic, widely used in 2020, made little difference in partisan numbers but yielded safe seats, less-responsive representatives.
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How U.S. debt-limit drama has hurt economy
Policy expert examines prospects of Biden-McCarthy plan as Congress wrestles over details, Monday deadline looms.
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How 14th Amendment can help Biden avoid default
Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe says in requiring the president to pay U.S. debts it supersedes debt-limit law, breaks impasse over GOP demands.
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Election forecasts often miss. Annoying, yes, but real problem for scholars
The improved method uncovered fresh insights about American democracy.
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More turbulence likely ahead after bank collapses
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says regulators have significant tools at their disposal, need to be vigilant of specific vulnerabilities.
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Bailouts for everyone?
Harvard Law School professor Daniel Tarullo, a former Federal Reserve Board member, explains the fallout from the bank failures and how they could complicate the Fed’s efforts to curb inflation.
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Why Church Committee alums urged new House panel to avoid partisanship
Fritz Schwarz, former chief counsel of the 1975-76 U.S. Senate panel known as the Church Committee, discusses what it was like to undertake the largest, most consequential investigation of U.S. intelligence in American history.
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Don’t give Russia an inch, former U.S. diplomat says
Marie Yovanovitch makes a case for standing by Ukraine as the war drags on, warning that defeat would embolden Putin and other dictators.
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Will Trump be charged after House panel’s Jan. 6 report?
Harvard Law School’s W. Neil Eggleston, a veteran of Congressional investigations and the White House Counsel’s office, discusses the Jan. 6 committee’s work.
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Will anything come of Jan. 6 hearings?
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Harvard Law School and Harvard College alum, previews what the public can expect from the committee in the coming weeks.
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Let the House grow!
A better Electoral College requires a Congress as elastic and flexible as the drafters of the Constitution intended, says Danielle Allen
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Where are we going, America?
Days before the midterms, we sat down with three scholars for a conversation about U.S. democracy. The mood was anxious.
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Finding much to like in Senate climate deal
John Holdren, who served as President Obama’s top adviser on science and technology policy, discusses the climate deal and its potential impact.
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Dark lessons of Jan. 6 Capitol assault
One year later, Harvard Kennedy School historian Alexander Keyssar reflects on the January 6 insurrection.
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Legal battles joined over redrawing of election maps
Voting rights advocates and election law experts discuss Congressional redistricting efforts unfolding across the country since the 2020 U.S. Census.
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Adam Schiff vows speedy, aggressive probe of Jan. 6 assault
Rep. Adam Schiff discusses why he sees his work on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as part of a broader continuum that began with the Ukraine matter.
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Regulators put cryptocurrency in crosshairs
HBS economist Scott Duke Kominers explains the explosive growth of cryptocurrency and why U.S. regulators now appear poised to swoop in.
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Should we be worried about Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google?
Economist Nancy Rose, a 2021-2022 Harvard Radcliffe Institute fellow, wants to refine and empower antitrust enforcement.
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Where are we now after a second impeachment?
The U.S. House of Representatives made history by impeaching a president for a second time.
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Democrats have both Congress and the White House — but not a free hand
In addition to winning the White House, Democrats will soon take control of Congress for the first time since 2007 after last week’s historic Senate runoff victories by the Rev.…
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Concern over storming of the Capitol
In a stunning display, violent insurgents who support President Donald Trump briefly occupied the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting its work on certifying the presidential election. Harvard faculty reacted critically, and President Larry Bacow said the rioters “assaulted the democratic process.”
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Surveying a landscape of economic uncertainty in COVID era
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff assesses the state of the U.S. economy and what’s on the horizon.
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Economists cheered by relief package but see long, tough slog ahead
Economists Karen Dynan and Kenneth Rogoff discuss the $2 trillion relief package and the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Can this union be saved?
In a country more fractured than ever, Harvard Professor Danielle Allen, The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, and writer Adam Serwer discuss what it will take to bring our democracy back together.