With the 2018 midterm elections only a week away, the public is starting to imagine what the 116th Congress might look like. In particular, lobbying firms and political action committees have started hiring new staff members and writing campaign checks to prepare for a potential leadership change in one or both chambers. This original analysis […]
Another Gun Tragedy. Don’t Expect Much Policy Action to Result
A mass shooting at a college has brought media and political attention to the question of gun control. Does this sound familiar? It should. Back in June, CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller estimated that President Obama’s statement on the murder of nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC made it at […]