David Hawkings
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John McCain Has Died: Senate Hell-Raiser’s Independence Cut Both Ways
Even during his final months in office, frailty did not keep McCain from playing his longstanding part as the Senate’s hell-bent-for-leather iconoclast. → Read More
The 5 M’s for Describing Why Congress Is Broken
The root causes of the dysfunction on Capitol Hill can be distilled to an alliterative mnemonic, but correcting them will not be easy, Hawkings writes. → Read More
GOP Slips Past Another Senate Custom, and Democrats Turn Blue
The use of the “blue slip” when judicial nominees are being considered by the Senate is a long-standing tradition that may soon be fading away. → Read More
How Ryan and Pelosi Are Kicking Themselves to the Curb (Sort Of)
Lame-duck Speaker Paul D. Ryan, and Nancy Pelosi, his most recent Democratic predecessor, both have signed off on diminishing the office. → Read More
Voters Reward a Do-Something Congress. Wrong, Recent Results Show
Election years typically are not nearly as busy as the “off” years. But will it matter, at least politically? If history is an indication, perhaps not. → Read More
An Intense Reporter Turned Patient Editor: Steve Komarow Remembered
Steve Komarow, CQ Roll Call’s top editor, was known for his calmly confident news judgment and patiently clear-eyed managerial style. He died Sunday at 61. → Read More
Republican Lawmakers Missed Opportunity to Save Trump From Trump
Analysis: Congressional Republicans have let slip a golden opportunity to save President Donald Trump from some of his worst instincts. → Read More
How Vulnerable Senate Democrats Have Pushed to the Center
The four Democrats in the toughest races are also the four who backed Trump most often during the first year of his presidency and their party’s leadership. → Read More
Wealth of Congress: Richer Than Ever, but Mostly at the Very Top
This Congress is 20 percent wealthier than the last, a gain outpacing the markets. The typical member’s minimum net worth is five times the U.S. median. → Read More
When the Deal Precedes the Bid, Time to Change the Rules?
A joint select committee has until until after Thanksgiving to propose “significant” changes to how Congress exercises its budget powers. → Read More
When a Shutdown Amounts to a Mulligan
It may hard to believe, especially for those whose lives were upended for three days, but this could end up being remembered as the “Never mind” shutdown. → Read More
Topic for Debate: Time to End Congressional Debates?
Here’s a modest proposal to jumpstart the new year: Do away with all time for what passes for “debate” on the floors of the House and Senate. → Read More
No-Alias: Smith & Jones Will Alter the Senate in ’18
Turns out, the Senate is going to be quite a different place next year even without Roy Moore — and that’s not only because senators named Smith and Jones will be serving together for the first time in 86 years.The chamber will have its closest partisan split in a decade, and the narrowest divide in favor of the Republicans since the spring of 2001. The roster of women will expand to a record… → Read More
A Gun Rights Vote Only the GOP Base Can Appreciate
The House passed a bill that would tighten up background checks for gun purchasers and make it easier for gun owners to carry weapons across state lines. → Read More
Four Senate Stories That Might Shape Moore’s Fate
What happened to four senators in the past could provide Republicans with some insight into options in the Alabama Senate election. → Read More
Low-Profile Tax Writer for the Highest-Stress Time
Most Ways & Means chairmen are undisputed power players when a historic bill comes under their gavel. Kevin Brady of Texas cultivates a different persona. → Read More
Trump’s Stamp on Judiciary Starting: It Could Be Much Faster
This week's Senate push on judicial picks appeals to Trump's conservative base. But many vacancies remain and Democrats still have some sway. → Read More
Ahead, the First Pure Party-Line Modern Tax Cut?
Tax cuts won bipartisan support on the Hill for decades. But the Trump tax cut if it happens, is shaping up as an all-GOP effort. → Read More
When Senate Gavels Are Prizes but Not Plums
Bob Corker made something of chairing Foreign Relations. What's next for the once-prestigious panel, and what of other possible chairmanship switches? → Read More
New High Court Term, Same No-TV and Tape-Delay Rules
Cameras still won’t be allowed in the Supreme Court and arguments will continue to be on a tape-delay, despite efforts by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. → Read More