Misusing the Congressional Review Act as a Tool for Land Management Policy

[ad_1] It is tempting to think that the threat of the current Congress abusing the Congressional Review Act (CRA) is over, now that the deadline to revisit rules implemented during the previous Congress’s session—provided by the CRA’s unique “lookback provision”—has formally passed. But that would be a mistake, as conservative lawmakers have found novel ways to target agency actions from…Read More

Why Iowa won’t join the gerrymandering stampede

President Donald Trump got the ball rolling when he demanded that Texas adopt a new map creating five more Republican-held U.S. House seats. The U.S. Supreme Court escalated the redistricting “arms race” by blowing up what remains of the Voting Rights Act. Since the summer of 2025, nine GOP-controlled states and two states with Democratic trifectas have either adopted new…Read More

May 10, 2026

There were two very different celebrations in Russia and in Hungary yesterday.Russia celebrated Victory Day, the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Most of the Allies honor Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, on May 8, the day in 1945 that jubilant celebrations broke out as news spread of the Nazis’ unconditional…Read More

Reaching Out To Pennsylvania’s Two US Senators

An open letter to Pennsylvania Senators Fetterman and McCormick;I am a constituent of yours and I’d like your comment on something I found in the news.Here it is. From PBS:After last week’s bipartisan vote in Congress to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history and fund the Department of Homeland Security, Republicans are moving ahead with an approximately $70 billion,…Read More

Trump Wishes Happy Mother’s Day Weekend ‘To All’ – Including Just Anyone Who Got a Job Last Month

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana President Donald Trump wished a Happy Mother’s Day weekend to everyone, but “especially” every American who got a job in the month of April – regardless of whether they are mothers or even women. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs last month, beating expectations of 55,000. The unemployment rate…Read More