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First Reactions to the Draft FY 2023 House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Bill

By DanielSchuman June 14, 2022 5 min read

The House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee today released its draft FY 2023 appropriations bill accompanied by a press release. The subcommittee markup is tomorrow at 11 am ET — the full committee vote is next Wednesday — and we won’t know what is in the committee report until the day before the full committee markup. […]

Tags: Leg Support Agencies, Congressional Ops, Appropriations, Modernization, House

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First Branch Forecast for June 13, 2022: Everything at once

By DanielSchuman June 13, 2022 13 min read

TOP LINE As hearings into the Trump insurrection start, we join the #CapitolStrong community in recognizing that this can bring up strong feelings among the Members, staff, employees, journalists, and others who work on Capitol Hill or are close to those who do. Some mental health resources are available on the coalition website. This week. The House is […]

Tags: Appropriations, Staff Pay, US Capitol Police, January 6, SCOTUS

Accountability and Oversight, Appropriations, Modernization, Rules, First Branch Forecast, Blog posts

First Branch Forecast for May 31, 2022: Capture the Flag

By DanielSchuman May 31, 2022 12 min read

TOP LINE This week. Happy Memorial Day recess—both chambers are out this week, giving us (and hopefully you, too) a chance to take a break, or at least slow down. Approps. We were expecting Senate Leg branch approps hearing with the USCP, GAO, and Library of Congress last week, but it was postponed. Stay tuned. […]

Tags: Appropriations, Congressional Ops, Transparency, Modernization, Data, Rules

5.31.22

Testimony Concerning the Creation of an Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the Senate; Prepared by Demand Progress, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, for the Leg Branch Appropriations Subcmte for FY 2023

5.26.22

Senate Bills and Amendments Should be Publicly Available Contemporaneously with Floor Consideration — Daniel Schuman Testimony before Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2023

5.18.22

Creating a House Intern Resource Office — Taylor J. Swift Testimony Before House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2023

5.17.22

DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel Opinions Should be Publicly Available — Daniel Schuman Testimony before Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2023

5.17.22

Shared Congressional Staff Should be Authorized to Unionize — Daniel Schuman Testimony Before House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2023

Accountability and Oversight, Appropriations, Congressional Security, Congressional Workplace Fairness and Inclusion, Modernization, Appropriation Tracking, First Branch Forecast, Blog posts

First Branch Forecast for May 9, 2022: Union means together

By DanielSchuman May 9, 2022 34 min read

TOP LINE Welcome back. The Senate is in today; the House is back tomorrow. On the House floor, a resolution to allow House staff to unionize will be brought to a vote later this week. Senate Leg branch approps has started its hearings, with the Architect, CBO, and Senate SAA on Wednesday; House FSGG approps will hear from the federal judiciary on […]

Tags: Congressional Research Service, Appropriations, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, Congressional Unionization, US Capitol Police, January 6, Political Violence

Accountability and Oversight, Congressional Workplace Fairness and Inclusion, Ethics and Influence, Appropriation Tracking, First Branch Forecast, Blog posts

First Branch Forecast for May 2, 2022: A real coup

By DanielSchuman May 2, 2022 7 min read

TOP LINE This week. The Senate is in; the House is out until May 10. We are sending an abbreviated First Branch Forecast because we are tired. Don’t worry, we’ll have the highlights from the gazillion hearings this past week, including 3 Leg Branch, 2 CJS, and House Judiciary and ModCom hearings. TREATING STAFF LIKE PEOPLE No one noticed, but […]

Tags: Office of Legal Counsel, Appropriations, PLUM Act, Staff Pay, SCOTUS, Statements of Disbursements

Appropriations, Congressional Workplace Fairness and Inclusion, Ethics and Influence, Appropriation Tracking, First Branch Forecast, Blog posts

First Branch Forecast: April 25, 2022

By DanielSchuman April 25, 2022 21 min read

TOP LINE This week. The Senate is in today; the House is in tomorrow. This week, we’ll be glued to another round of Leg branch approps hearings on the Library of Congress, GPO, & the AOC; a CJS approps double-header with the Justice Department, a ModCom hearing on modernizing the legislative process; and a House Judiciary hearing on […]

Tags: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Appropriations, Congressional Unionization, US Capitol Police, SCOTUS

Congressional Workplace Fairness and Inclusion, Blog posts, Reports & Analysis

House Breaks Promise to Committee Staff On Pay Adjustment

By DanielSchuman April 7, 2022 3 min read

Earlier today, the Committee on House Administration favorably reported a resolution to provide a 10% pay adjustment to most committee staff — which sounds like good news until you remember that the House had promised a 21% adjustment, in line with increases to personal office and leadership staff. I realized the discrepancy yesterday when crunching […]

Tags: Appropriations, Staff Pay, House, Congressional Ops

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First Reactions to the Draft FY 2023 House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Bill

First Branch Forecast for June 13, 2022: Everything at once

First Branch Forecast for May 31, 2022: Capture the Flag

Senate Bills and Amendments Should be Publicly Available Contemporaneously with Floor Consideration — Daniel Schuman Testimony before Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2023

Creating a House Intern Resource Office — Taylor J. Swift Testimony Before House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2023

DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel Opinions Should be Publicly Available — Daniel Schuman Testimony before Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2023

Shared Congressional Staff Should be Authorized to Unionize — Daniel Schuman Testimony Before House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee for FY 2023

First Branch Forecast for May 9, 2022: Union means together

First Branch Forecast for May 2, 2022: A real coup

First Branch Forecast: April 25, 2022

House Breaks Promise to Committee Staff On Pay Adjustment

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