Revitalizing the House: Bipartisan Recommendations on Rules and Process from Former Members, Former Staff, and Other Experts
A Project of the Hoover Institution’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions and the Sunwater Institute
Restoring Confidence in Congress: Will the House Come to Order?
Matters of Policy & Politics (A Podcast from the Hoover Institution), November 12, 2024
The Real Threat to American Democracy
RealClearPolitics (with Philip Wallach), October 26, 2024
Book and Book Chapters
Norms and the Character of Congress, in The Folkways of Congress. Brookings Institution Press, 2026
Reflections on Representation, Policymaking, Partisanship and other Challenges Facing Congress, in Under the Iron Dome.
Routledge Press, 2022
Congressional Communication: Content and Consequences
University of Michigan Press, 2004
Articles, Interviews, Speeches
The Spiritual Appeal of Democratic Socialism
First Things, Aug. 19, 2026
The Last Pro-life Democrat
First Things, Jan. 1, 2025
The Direction of the Democratic Party
On the Hill, Fox5 DC, Aug 16, 2026
Former Democratic congressman compares democratic socialism to Tea Party
America Reports, Aug 14, 2026
Midterms a Contest of Flaws
The Rod and Greg Show, Aug. 14, 2026
‘Congress is in a coma.’ Former lawmakers sound alarm on health of the House
NPR, December 21, 2025
‘Congress is in a coma’: Former members sound alarm on health of the House
(Audio and Transcript as Heard on All Things Considered)
Wall Street Journal, December 22, 2025
Democratic Socialism is No Tea Party
Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2026
Governors Who Refuse Education Dollars
Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2026
Overcoming Our Modern-Day “House Divided”
RealClearPolitics, February 12, 2025
Will Democrats Finally Learn a Lesson?
RealClearPolitics, November 19, 2024
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