In the News Why we should care that the Senate will debate less
April 4, 2019
originally published in
CQ Roll Call
The Senate has changed its rules again and it will result in less debate on many judicial and executive nominations. Who cares? The public should, if it wants a responsive government at least. James Wallner of the R Street Institute and CQ Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski discuss the ramifications. “No one can be bothered to care about the rules, ” Wallner laments.
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