The R Street Institute launched the Governance Project, an effort to assess and improve the state of America’s system of national self-governance, with particular attention to Congress. The need for such inquiry should be obvious: our federal republic is showing signs of dyspepsia, if not outright dysfunction. National public policy issues, such as immigration reform, remain in a perpetual state of deadlock…..(read more)
The Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group meets to discuss ways to strengthen Congress. Please join us.
White Papers
- Kevin R. Kosar, Lee Drutman, Paul Glastris, Yuval Levin, Jonathan Rauch, and Molly Reynolds, Restoring Congress as the First Branch
- Anthony J. Madonna and Kevin R. Kosar, Could the Senate Manage an Open-Amendment Process?
- Kevin R. Kosar, How to Strengthen Congress
- Kevin R. Kosar, Three Steps for Reasserting Congress in Regulatory Policy
Selected Commentaries
- A Welcome Message from R Street Governance Project Director
- Why Does Congress Diminish Itself?
- The Legislative Branch’s Big Oversight Problem
- Outsourcing Oversight through Open Government Data
- Making Oversight Win-Win
- Inappropriate Appropriations: How Congress Spends Without Authorization
- A Revived Congress?
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