Previously, the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group has examined aspects of congressional spending on its staff and resources. This session, we consider two other money issues: lobbying and campaign finance. How are lobbying and congressional capacity related? How does congressional fundraising affect Congress's efforts to carry out its legislative and oversight duties?Â
Come join us as we discuss these questions. Lunch will be provided.
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SPEAKERSÂ
Lee Drutman, New America
Meredith McGehee, Issue One
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This meeting is open to Capitol Hill staff (except interns); experts on Congress; and anyone else who cares about the well-being of America’s legislative branch. This meeting is open to media, and the group's co-directors, Kevin R. Kosar and Lee Drutman, are available for interviews and comment. They can be reached at kkosar@rstreet.org and drutman@newamerica.org.
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New America and the R Street Institute launched the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group in spring 2016. The group formed in response to widespread perception that Congress is dysfunctional. The Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group aims to assess Congress' capacity to perform its constitutional duties and to collaborate on ideas to improve the legislative branch’s performance in our separation-of-powers system.
