Legislation & policy analysis
Measures would increase civility, collaboration, and evidence-based policy in the House...
Today, the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress passed 25 new recommendations aimed at boosting civility and crosspartisan collaboration between members, strengthening legislative support agencies, and advancing evidence-based policymaking.…
Legislation & policy analysis
Each senator will now be allowed to designate one aide in their office to receive top secret or sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) clearance. This policy change was announced by Majority…
Legislation & policy analysis
Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Committee favorably reported out a series of bills that will make Congress more transparent and accountable to their constituents. An amended…
Legislation & policy analysis
On Capitol Hill, ideas come cheap. Every member, staffer, lobbyist, and constituent has a policy proposal, many of them good. But two factors have distinguished the 97 recommendations put forward…
Legislation & policy analysis
This week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 Legislative Branch funding bill. This appropriations package includes the items approved by the House in H.R.…
Podcast episodes
Much of the time when we talk and think about Congress, we don’t consider all the work that happens behind the scenes. Without the congressional staffers who constitute 97%…
Op-eds
By ReFormers Caucus members Rep. Zach Wamp and Rep. Brian Baird
Sign-on letters
Issue One today sent a letter to congressional leadership calling on Congress to address the urgent and dangerous vulnerabilities to the continuity of all three branches of government. Following the…
Press releases
Today, the Office of the Speaker announced that the House of Representatives will be raising the maximum salary for staff, in tandem with the House Committee on Administration announcing the…
Sign-on letters
This week, Issue One joined 21 organizations and congressional experts in thanking the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress for the recent modernization reforms that have advanced through the…
