Insights Blog
Manley: “Something is happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.”
19:00 PM Oct 17th
QGA Senior Director Jim Manley: As the 60’s era Buffalo Springfield once sang, “something is happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.” I may be a tad late to this, but for what it’s worth (which is actually the name of the Buffalo Springfield song) my advice to Democratic members of the House and [...]
Manley: Jobs Bill Posturing
18:30 PM Oct 4th
QGA’s Jim Manley: My press release of the day award has to go to the folks at the Senate Republican Communications Center. On a tactical level it was a thing of beauty, elegant in its simplicity. The writers of the release just cut and pasted a few quotes from Senator Reid and the President regarding [...]
Manley: Lessons for GOP Leadership
13:01 PM Oct 3rd
QGA Senior Director Jim Manley: As we start another week of nauseating stock market ups and downs, there are two things I find encouraging about the state of the Democratic party. The first came to me courtesy of my friends at Roll Call, where its was reported last week that “the GOP control of the House has shown [...]
Super Committee Secrets?
12:47 PM Sep 29th
QGA Senior Director Jim Manley: Following Louis Brandeis’s famous saying that sunlight is the best of disinfectants, some in the media and so called “good government” groups have begun a drumbeat of criticism following the super committee’s two days of closed-doors meetings earlier this week. One reporter commented in Politico on September 27, “As 12 lawmakers [...]
Biggest Bang for Our Buck
11:56 AM Jul 25th
A Note from Jack Quinn: It’s no secret that most of the conversation in downtown Washington has been about the debt limit debate – although the record-breaking heat is a close second. Even now, as you well know, it remains unclear how the debt limit debate will be resolved, although it appears the one likely [...]
Quinn on Libya
13:30 PM Mar 28th
The President will address the American people tonight on the situation in Libya and the NATO and U.S. mission. Like most Americans, I am a tad confused about what we are doing in Libya and, for that matter, in the region generally. I hasten to add that I support our active involvement; I simply hope [...]
Energy Buzz at QGA Policy Breakfast
10:11 AM Mar 11th
QGA’s energy team hosted a policy breakfast on Thursday, March 10, 2011. Katherine Hamilton, former head of the GridWise Alliance, spoke about the need to build a “smart grid”, integrating technology into every stage of electricity production and delivery. Patrick Von Bargen, energy team director and former chief of staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman, spoke [...]
Every Vote Counts
14:55 PM Feb 14th
One of the most striking things I’ve seen in my more than four decades around the Congress (ok, I worked there while my friends were doing their newspaper routes) is the incredible diffusion of power that has taken place over that time. It’s important to be mindful of this new reality: if you want [...]
The Hill’s Pundits Blog – Foreign Aid on the Chopping Block
13:53 PM Feb 8th
QGA’s John Feehery writes about the real cost of foreign aid and the cuts that Congress may make in the future. According to a Gallup poll released right before the president’s State of the Union address, a majority of Americans said they favor cutting U.S. foreign aid, but more than six in 10 opposed cuts to [...]
QGA Q&A: Kate McFadyen
13:11 PM Feb 8th
Meet Kate McFadyen. Don’t be deceived by her Scottish last name. Kate’s a southern belle from Vass, North Carolina. Before making her way into the wild world of Washington politics as QGA’s newest staff assistant, she attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Go Tar Heels! Read on for the answers to Kate’s QGA Q&A: How long [...]