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Daniel Schuman
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Personal account Ask me about modernizing Congress. :) @danielschuman@mastodon.social | schuman@bsky.social daniel ~at~ https://t.co/lTGCvbNsYJ
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Nov 8 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This is true and it's a largely overlooked story: non-profit orgs that do federal gov't transparency and accountability work & are not essentially partisan are going the way of the dinosaur. Evaporating interest from big donors is killing off this crucial part of civil society Among the casualties: the Sunlight Foundation, umbrella organization OpenTheGovernment, OMB Watch. The large politically non-aligned orgs left in the space no longer support a gov't transparency mission, but focus elsewhere.
Jan 26, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
One of the big reasons why the debt ceiling crisis is different is because of the huge changes to the House Rules that are designed to prevent a deal unless it is on the terms of the hard-liners in the House. It seems most people don't realize how different it is this time. Here's the issue: you can't wait. If you do, it risks massively increasing gov't borrowing costs, end of the USD as a reserve currency, and dismantling of global economic system. No one wants to live in 1929.
Jan 2, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
I've now had a chance to read the section-by-section of the proposed House rules. There's some significant problems.
-- Undoes the union regs but it's messy and may not work or may only stop future unions.
-- Seemingly eliminates the House Office of the Whistleblower ombuds -- Seemingly fails to include a new House Admin select committee on the modernization of Congress
-- I'm not sure what the effect of the OCE Board term limits are, but may cause significant turnover
-- Pretty much all the budget stuff, from CUTGO onward, is either dumb or bad
Dec 31, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I guess all that time reading the history of the House in the 19th century is about to come in handy for cocktail conversations about back in the day when they held multiple votes for the Speaker, right? right?!!

And wait til you learn about how weird committees were! I mean, my DMs are open. Did you know the House did all its work in committee of the whole -- yes, they all debated together -- and used committees to draft the legislation at the specific instruction of everyone?

Or that senate treaties and executive nominations were closed?