Lee Hamilton is a senior adviser for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government; a distinguished scholar at the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies; and a ...

When I was a congressional reporter, my favorite assignment was covering the annual State of the World hearings held by the House and Senate Foreign Affairs committees. I’ve always been interested in ...

There was a time early in my career when I believed that the single most important thing an American citizen could do was vote. But if a career engaging in politics and watching politicians at work ...

Congress has standing committees on foreign affairs, the judiciary, natural resources and many other topics. Why not a committee on the Congress itself? I believe it’s time to give the idea serious ...

Back at the beginning of April, the Senate and the House each passed a “blueprint” laying out the broad strokes of what they’d like the federal government to look like. The votes were narrow — 51-48 ...

The 2024 election is over, but the arguments about what it means are continuing. Did Donald Trump and the Republican Party win a mandate to govern as they wish? Did Democrats try too hard to appeal to ...

Editor’s note: Opinion content is solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. I’m often struck by how often I meet people who think that all politics are dirty. They view politics as ...

Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. As the people in charge of Congress scramble to meet a self-imposed July 4 deadline for passing their ...

Editor’s note: Opinion content expressed by columnists is solely the opinion of that person and not the Daily Journal. At the beginning of April, scientists at the National Institutes of Health ...

Editor’s note: Opinion content is solely the opinion of that person and not the Daily Journal. This past summer, Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike returned to their home districts ...

Editor’s note: Opinion content expressed by columnists is solely the opinion of that person and not the Daily Journal. Back at the beginning of April, the Senate and the House each passed a “blueprint ...