Coalition Letters

Increase Congress’s Funding by 10% Says Bipartisan Coalition of Good Government Organizations

By DanielSchuman February 2, 2021 6 min read

For decades, Congress has undercut its ability to meet its Constitution obligations by providing itself inadequate resources to meet its legislative, constitutional, and oversight responsibilities. Discretionary Executive branch resources, and power, on the other hand, have grown at more than double the rate of the Legislative branch. In addition, Congress has been driven to rely […]

Special Thursday Forecast

By DanielSchuman March 12, 2020 4 min read

The coronavirus poses a deadly threat to our democracy, so we have a special issue of the First Branch Forecast focused on what the House and Senate should do right now to maintain the continuity of Congress. Read the letter below containing civil society recommendations that must be implemented before the start of the district work period. We published a […]