Tag: US House of Representatives
Limiting Senate inquiry ignores Founders’ intent for impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University
Senators will soon decide whether to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump without hearing any witnesses....
Senators’ silence suggests they may be taking their impeachment trial duty...
Lynne H. Rambo, Texas A&M University
Several Republican senators have taken a “vow of silence” on the impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives.
Maine...
Yes, the research confirms: Managers shouldn’t sleep with subordinates
Vanessa K. Bohns, Cornell University
U.S. Rep. Katie Hill recently stepped down after information about an affair with a campaign staffer, and allegations of one...
Why Congress needs to make child care more affordable – 5...
Taryn Morrissey, American University School of Public Affairs
Editor’s note: Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., recently reintroduced their Child Care...
Nancy Pelosi victorious – why the California Democrat was reelected speaker...
Kathryn L. Pearson, University of Minnesota
Despite some brash and not insignificant opposition, California’s Nancy Pelosi is returning to her previous role as speaker of...
Only 1 out of 36 newly elected female representatives in Congress...
Malliga Och, Idaho State University and Shauna Shames, Rutgers University
The 116th Congress will be the most diverse in U.S. history: 126 women will take...
Why you should vote for a woman in 2018
Jeffrey Lazarus, Georgia State University and Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University
This year, women are poised to make great gains in congressional representation.
Across the country,...
‘Hot potato’ shows why workers won’t benefit from Trump’s corporate tax...
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
Many children have played hot potato, a game in which they pass a spud to other children quickly so they...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
