In my last post on congressional productivity I wrote that so far in the 113th Congress (2013-2014) the fewest number of bills have been enacted than in any corresponding time period in […] More

Hoist the colors. This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post. The Supreme Court just decided an incredibly important case called McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC). The Court’s ruling […] More

The Dallas branch of the IRS’ Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division branch is housed within this building downtown. Google Maps The Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas is […] More

An independent executive branch board has concluded that the National Security Agency’s long-running program to collect billions of Americans’ phone records is illegal and should end. In a strongly worded […] More

Imagery analysts. Photo: U.S. Air Force. Hundreds of private sector intelligence analysts are being paid to review surveillance footage from U.S. military drones in Central Asia and the Middle East, […] More

The NSA controversy has been mind boggling to me. Despite widespread bipartisan outrage over the extent of our government’s data collection, barely any action has been taken to regulate the […] More

The Supreme Court’s ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) will allow unprecedented amounts of money to flow directly into our political system. Here’s what you need to know. Not […] More

In what could become an annual occurrence, Congress yet again faces a looming deadline to resolve the problem of student loan interest rates. Without Congressional action, the rate on federally […] More