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Summer of '64

On Warm Buckets of Piss***

More on Member/Constituent Communication

On Writing your Congressman

Supreme Court Justice Venn Diagaram #2: John Roberts

Supreme Court Justice Venn Diagram #1: Clarence Thomas

Perks

How's your 302(b) looking? Strong...to quite strong

At the corner of East Capitol and 1st Street NW

Closing Time

Book Recommendation: Every Twelve Seconds

Common sense

Wonk n' roll: committee funding in the House

This is a binding decision, until it isn't

Wonk Time: Increase the MRA in the House?

California Dreamin'

Three ideas for improving college basketball

How was the play, Mrs. Link'in?

Fight for your right to party

The 2012 GOP nomination, as told by the 1860 general election

Should I vote today?

Sad Tuesday

Fasten your wonk belt: let's talk filling the tree in the Senate

Polarization and the filibuster

Beating a dead (dark) horse: Everyone on the bolt bus

Of Deadlocks and Dark Horses

The Best Little Whorehouse

Reading Week

Legislative realities and Senators as presidential candidates

Tonight: A Morman, a statesman, and a libertarian all slam Santorum!

DC statehood and political self-interest: Where are the flag makers?

Happy Centennial, Arizona!

Counterfactuals, Consequences, and Election Importance

Yeah Upstate!

Not my favorite holiday

Thy Rod and Thy Staff

No Sense in Fighting This Meme...

Why I'm a libertarian, part two: the cost of good intentions

King's pawn opening

Super Bowl Coda: Twelve Ideas Circulating in Manhattan

A common fallacy, circulating this week. Plus some polisci.

Hollow Victory

Turnover

Anecdotal Evidence

I love you Tough Tom, but you were wrong on 1st and goal

Easy Money

Notes on legislative power accumulation: adding and extracting value

Required Reading

Why I'm a libertarian and not a liberal, part one: consenting adults

Friday Procedure Blogging: Adjournment vs. Recess

Man on the Moon

Resigned but Not Forgotten

Why the #SOTU Matters

Like this and like that and like this and uh

Day One?

Cocktails, Candidates, and Confederates

Exit Strategy

Dawn of a New Era

Capitol South, Station Domination, and Lobbying Effectiveness

Libertarian thoughts on MLK Jr. day

A Night in the Linkin' Bedroom

The Great Recess-ion

You down with OLC?

Sincerely Yours, Politics

Small Sample

Recess appointments: watch what you cite...

Recess Redux

At a track called Saratoga...

Horse Races, Real and Political: Intrade's Favorite-Longshot Bias

In Which A Whig Thinks About Recess Appointments

The Difficulty of Institutional Reform