9/11/2017: Congressional Procedure and Policymaking
Channel: R Street Institute
Date: 21/09/2017

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Find us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/r-street-institute/ At a recent gathering of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group, Molly Reynolds, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, led a discussion on congressional procedures and their impact on policy creation and outcomes. Topics discussed include: how procedures, especially in complication situations like reconciliation, empower leaders versus rank-and-file-members and what should be done to increase staffers' knowledge of procedures and their consequences.