Kevin R Kosar
@kevinrkosar
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Thinktanker/@aei. Editor of https://t.co/m3iDDhOBUG Last book: Congress Overwhelmed: Congressional Capacity & the Prospects for Reform. Tweets & typos = mine.
Washington, DC
Joined April 2010
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Dude - I was raised in the south and I’ve been in 40 bar fights. You wouldn’t last three minutes with me wimp .
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Two fools decided to wave this gross banner and give Nazi salutes. Sad to see this in my home town.
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"1,270 firings in 1987: 8% of the State Department direct-hire staff of 15,800.". "1,353 firings in 2025: 5% of the State Department's total direct-hire staff of 27,230".
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RT @alcoholreviews1: A well-made Aviation cocktail. Vinifera in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio: Vinifera | Wine and Whiskey Bar .
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Interesting, the rescissions law list the cuts the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to be to their FY2026 and FY2027 budgets. All the other cuts are to FY2025 budgets.
www.congress.gov
Text for H.R.4 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Rescissions Act of 2025
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Have any GOP legislators stated why they oppose this bill?. Looming Epstein vote has Republicans eager to leave Washington - POLITICO
www.politico.com
A discharge effort from Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna could put members on the spot as soon as next week.
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“What are the qualities that make a good legislator?”. Was Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) being a good legislator when he objected to the results of the 2020 presidential election because some of his constituents thought the race had been stolen?.
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Really enjoyed my visit to the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, #Ohio. The NPS staff who gave the tour was superb. Garfield was such an impressive guy---what an American story!. @GarfieldNPS
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RT @johncfortier1: New Voting Booth episode with the great @cstewartiii . EAVs survey @EACgov, how a Congress scholar became an Election Ad….
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Was the passage of OBBBA expeditious? Certainly – when compared to the past few presidencies. Only 165 days separated Trump’s second inauguration on January 20th and the signature into law of one of his major legislative priorities.
www.understandingcongress.org
On July 4, Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, in a celebration complete with a military flyover and a ceremonial banging of the Speaker’s gavel. The president had...
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RT @nocapfund: This was a great episode! Such a great time speaking with @kevinrkosar about reforming Congress.
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Yay for federalism!. But what about the federally funded ed programs? Title I aid, ESL funds, etc. If these grants-in-aid programs stay, well, there will HAVE to be federal bureaucrats to administer them and who will have the authority to issue regulations.
🚨 SAY GOODBYE TO THE DOE. The time for education to be returned to the states has come. This unnecessary bureaucracy created in Carter Administration has meddled in the education of our kids for way too long. Local schools don't need Washington bureaucrats meddling in schools
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Quite the week for MAGA. The Trump Admin says there is no Epstein list and he croaked himself, and declares that it it supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia by sending more arms.
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Arguing about the politics of the new Superman movie. People, are you listening to yourselves?.
www.thefp.com
James Gunn’s blockbuster is America’s favorite Rorschach test. What do you see?
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RE: Senate FY2026 leg branch bill: "It would keep the GAO steady at $811.9 million for the coming fiscal year, unlike the bill backed by House Republican appropriators last month, which would slash funding for the nonpartisan watchdog nearly in half."
rollcall.com
Senate appropriators approved a fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch bill that would boost spending for Congress while avoiding cuts to the GAO.
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The congressional capacity argument I make points to dysfunction being party a product of screwy processes, cockamamie internal organizational features, antiquated technologies, etc. BTW. The exclusive Capitol subway that keeps trapping US senators.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
Riding the three-car train, which shuttles between the U.S. Capitol and two Senate office buildings, has become a gamble for senators, staffers, and reporters.
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RT @nocapfund: Join @wdclapp, @Jmayhugh28, and @scottrfs as they welcome @kevinrkosar from @AEI to the Live Stream tonight at 8 PM EST.
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