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How is Congress Doing? Evaluating the Legislative Branch

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Americans regularly express frustration with Congress and the institution’s approval ratings are nothing short of abysmal. But does public opinion match actual measurements of congressional performance? A newly formed committee in the House of Representatives is examining reforms to modernize the institution and there have been numerous proposals to change the Senate’s rules. That backdrop provides a good opportunity to look at various efforts to measure the state of Congress?including those from BPC, the Brookings Institution, the Center for Effective Lawmaking, the Lugar Center, and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Join us on March 5 as we measure Congress against several benchmarks and answer the question “How is Congress doing?”

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Featuring:

Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
@RepDerekKilmer

Dan Diller
Director of Policy, The Lugar Center
@TheLugarCenter

Dave Hoppe
Senior Principal, 38 North Solutions

Muftiah McCartin
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
@Muftiahm

Molly Reynolds
Fellow, The Brookings Institution
@MollyEReynolds

Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D.
Interim President, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
@ElsieScot

Michael Thorning
Senior Policy Analyst, BPC
@ThorningMichael

Alan E. Wiseman
Co-Director, Center for Effective Lawmaking
@TheLawmakers

Moderated by:

John Fortier
Director of the Democracy Project, BPC
@johncfortier

Michele Stockwell
Senior Vice President and Executive Director of BPC Action
@MStockwell_BPCA

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