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Forecast For November 2, 2020.

By DanielSchuman November 2, 2020 13 min read

THE TOP LINE With so much attention on what will happen when voting wraps up tomorrow, our little newsletter will stay focused on what comes next. (But we will cover implications for Congress if, as Axios suggests is already in the works, Pres. Trump prematurely claims victory and tries to undermine vote counting.) Money problems. Sen. […]

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Accountability and Oversight, Congressional Security, Modernization, Rules, Blog posts

Forecast for September 29, 2020.

By DanielSchuman September 29, 2020 6 min read

Good morning, Congress. This week’s First Branch Forecast is shorter than usual because there’s so much going on that we’re overwhelmed. We’ll catch up on a backlog next week. Here’s the top six things you need to know. 1. MEMBER-DAY HEARING ON THE HOUSE RULES (RSVP TUES) You know you’ve been waiting for it for […]

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Congressional Security, Reports, Blog posts, Reports & Analysis

Capitol Police Release 2019 Complaints Data With Significant Omissions That Reduce Clarity

By DanielSchuman August 20, 2020 3 min read

The U.S. Capitol Police is notoriously opaque; among the limited information they will provide to the public are summary statistics on employee misconduct, published in their Annual Statistical Summary Report. This report provides a high level summary of the number of complaints made against USCP employees. We requested a copy of the 2019 data in […]

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Forecast for July 13, 2020.

By DanielSchuman July 13, 2020 16 min read

THE TOP LINECongress may finally have begun investing in itself — House appropriators favorably reported a 5% increase in funding for the Legislative Branch. That’s half of the 10% increase sought by good government types (like us), and while Congress is still significantly below its funding level from a decade again, we are starting to dig out of […]

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The Complete Guide to What We Know (And Don’t Know) About the U.S. Capitol Police

By DanielSchuman June 19, 2020 8 min read

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) has a critical mission of protecting Congress — Members, employees, and visitors — so constitutionally mandated business can be carried out in a safe and open environment. USCP has a massive $464 million budget for FY 2020 and 2,514 employees, of whom 2,060 are sworn personnel. By comparison, the Washington […]

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Mapped Out: Capitol Police Arrests

By DanielSchuman June 10, 2020 1 min read

It can be hard to ascertain the specifics of U.S. Capitol Police activity; to make it easier we created a map reflecting almost a year and a half of arrest incidents reported by the department. Check out the map embedded below (or online here) to see where Capitol Police officers were most active between January […]

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Forecast for June 8, 2020

By DanielSchuman June 8, 2020 16 min read

THE TOP LINE Police reform takes center stage. Widespread outrage over the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, combined with dozens of videos of police attacking non-violent demonstrators, the use of unidentified internal security forces to police DC streets, and more than 140 police attacks on the press have elevated public pressure on Congress to address systemic police misconduct. […]

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Forecast for May 5, 2020.

By DanielSchuman May 5, 2020 9 min read

You may have noticed that you didn’t receive this week’s First Branch Forecast on Monday. This newsletter takes a team to write, and with so much happening last week and over the weekend, I ran out of time to finalize it on Sunday. Here is an abbreviated version. COMING UP THIS WEEK Wednesday at 2 […]

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Accountability and Oversight, Congressional Security, Advocacy

Capitol Police: Statement of Disbursements

By DanielSchuman April 29, 2020 2 min read

Following up on our extensive review of US Capitol Police, we compiled the USCP’s Statement of Disbursements (the ones we could find).  USCP is legally required to submit these statements to Congress, but they are not available online.  Here’s our letter to USCP asking for the last five years of statements:

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Capitol Police Round Up: Week Ending April 2, 2020

By DanielSchuman April 3, 2020 1 min read

For the week ending April 2, 2020, there were 4 Capitol Police incidents reported; 4 individuals arrested. Only 3 of the 4 incidents reported were within USCP jurisdiction. There were 3 traffic related incidents, including two invalid traffic permits. Numbers continue to decline as the US Capitol Complex stays closed and DC’s stay-at-home order goes […]

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