Events
New House Adopts Its Rules in the Dark
The adoption of House rules on the opening day of a new Congress is a perfunctory and partisan exercise that gets little attention. It hasn't always been that way, writes Don Wolfensberger.
The Problem Isn't Signing Statements; It's Enforcing the Laws
August 14, 2006By Don Wolfensberger,Roll Call Contributing Writer
Point of View: Congress and Change
The Wilson Center's Don Wolfensberger, former chief of staff of the House Rules Committee, reflects on the fate of well-intentioned congressional reforms.
Congressional Oversight: Rules of the Road Less Traveled
Remarks by Donald R. Wolfensberger before the CRS Staff Oversight Workshop, United States House of Representatives, October 28, 2004
House Leaders Throw Blue Dogs a PAYGO Bone
Congress Project Director Don Wolfensberger parses the arbitrary 100-day deadline for Congress's budget resolution and documents the last-minute negotiations that followed it there.