President Joe Biden surpassed his first 100 days in office, a time span by which successive administrations have tried to prove to the American public that they are effectively governing with the mandate they were... Learn more »
This week the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism held a hearing to examine Washington’s policy toward Yemen, as did the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East,... Learn more »
I. Congress 1) Legislation No Funding for Terrorists Act. One of Congress’s most controversial members, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia), made her first foray into foreign policy, filing H.R. 2445 to prohibit US assistance from... Learn more »
Although Congress has been on recess and many members have been away from Washington, DC, recent developments pertaining to Iran, Yemen, and Palestine have elicited action from some lawmakers. Policies regarding these three states are... Learn more »
I. Congress 1) Legislation No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) introduced S. 977, which is this Congress’s version of a... Learn more »
For the first time in nearly two decades, it appears that Congress will finally take concrete steps to rein in US foreign military adventures and put an end to some of the contributing factors to... Learn more »
I. Congress 1) Legislation Outdated AUMF Repeal Act. On March 18, a small bipartisan group of House members introduced H.R. 2014, or the Outdated AUMF Repeal Act, that would formally repeal four wide-ranging authorizations for... Learn more »
Observers can infer a great deal about congressional committees’ priorities by examining the topics they choose to explore in their first committee or subcommittee policy hearings in a new Congress. For example, Senator Robert Menendez... Learn more »
