Josh Huder
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Senior Fellow @GAIGeorgetown @McCourtSchool | Podcast: Congress, Two Beers In | Study: Congress; procedure; legislative development.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2011
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!
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I think most are aware of SCOTUS's double standard, but this chart in Adam Bonica's most recent post is one hell of a visualization.
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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.
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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.
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This makes four members this Congress who leaped more senior colleagues to win ranking members positions. (h/t @jamiedupree Regular Order.
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How can Congress restrain presidents if the most powerful tools at its disposal requires presidential signature to take effect?.
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Congress cannot prevent military mobilizations or strikes other than to sway public opinion. But for some reason, Congress is blamed instead of overzealous presidents discarding norms, constitutional processes, and oversight.
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It’s important to recognize that when Congress does vote to constrain executive power, it is often perceived as symbolic opposition precisely because presidents will never sign a bill limiting their authority.
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Good thread but I disagree w/ this point. Congress passed war powers resolution in Trump 1.0 b/c he lacked authorization to strike an Iranian general. Congress *has* acquiesced to presidents but it’s also true Chadha irreparably weakened Congress’s tools to constrain presidents
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RT @itsalexvacca: BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn….
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RT @mollyereynolds: Last time I checked, deciding whether the Appropriations Committee marks something up is a thing you can do when you ar….
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So suggesting this 2018 piece "is looking great" is like riding a down elevator without recognizing the descent. And no, it is not looking great despite opposition limiting the most egregious power grabs. The future trajectory of American government is far from settled.
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Cowen ignores this entirely. This isn't a breakdown of democratic norms or some reversion to the way things were. Its scale and scope is unprecedented. It's a fundamental attack on Congress's core constitutional authority. Indeed, it is anti-constitutional.
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If Congress doesn't control the purse, the US has already taken a big step toward a more authoritarian state. Money can be leveraged to infringe on free speech, influence the private sector, punish enemies, and otherwise weaponize government, which we've seen the last 6 months.
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Cowen employs an incomplete definition of autocracy, so it's not surprising he overlooks fundamental threats to the constitutional order. A senator has been arrested. Civil service is in decline. Laws are not being implemented. Impoundments are ongoing.
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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.
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RT @mollyereynolds: @joshHuder Easiest one to explain is that if a House-passed bill contains any material in the jurisdiction of a Senate….
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The House changing its bill based on the advice of the Senate parliamentarian is one of the more bizarre things we’ve seen this Congress. The Senate is more than capable of making these changes. I haven’t read why is the House has taken it upon itself to do this.
THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE will report out tonight a series of fixes to the reconciliation bill. Most of the fixes are technical -- based on privilege issues in the Senate. But, according to @SteveScalise, they also have to remove a mining provision that was in the House bill.
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