SUMMARY

• Clean slate initiatives automate and expand the clearing of criminal justice records.
• They uphold pillars of conservatism: human dignity, public safety, family values and limited,…

Established: Jan. 4, 2019, as part of the 116th House rules package

Authorized: Feb. 7, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019

Mission: The Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (SCOMC) is…

For staffers who want to get savvy this summer

Is August recess starting to drag on? Looking for some new items to add to your reading list? Here’s R Street’s quick-hit list of background…

This pharmacy access model expands birth control access in a way that saves time—pharmacists can prescribe and dispense the prescription—and sensibly increases the scope-of-practice that…

BACKGROUND

The House of Representatives is fundamentally a majoritarian institution. That is, any coalition or party with the majority of votes can largely dominate the chamber’s agenda,…