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Kevin R. Kosar

Kevin R. Kosar is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies the U.S. Congress, the administrative state, American politics, election reform, and the U.S. Postal Service. He edits UnderstandingCongress.org and hosts the Understanding Congress podcast. He recent books include Congress Overwhelmed: The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform (University of Chicago Press, 2020) and Unleashing Opportunity: Policy Reforms for an Accountable Administrative State (National Affairs, 2017).

 

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What’s Wrong with Congress?

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Congress has some real problems. But it is not a hopeless case. We can improve it and revive representative government.
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The Congressional Fight over the House Speakership Was a Good Thing

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The long debate over who should be speaker was a healthy expression of Madisonian transactional politics, and it had helped illuminate the path toward restoring the People’s House as the seat of American self-governance.
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Conservatism’s Enduring Debates

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Matthew Continetti’s new book offers an authoritative account of the complex interplay between conservative ideas, politics, and policy over the past century. His telling of conservative history suggests that if we want to know the movement’s future, we should first look to its past.
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Is Democratic Debate Dead?

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These days, major debates on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives are exceedingly rare. For members of Congress to behave as proper legislators, the institution as a whole should be reformed. Members must strike a new bargain with leadership in both chambers that gives them the space to debate and legislate. We should expect more of Congress, and members of Congress should expect more of each other.