Democratic Rep. Brian Baird has announced that he will not seek another term. We can only hope that Baird's work with the Continuity of Government Commission does not fade away.

Twenty-five top college students will travel to the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C. this June to participate in the 2012 American Enterprise Summer Institute. 

While Reid scrambles to assemble sixty votes for health care legislation that is opposed 53 percent to 38 percent by the public, several Democratic members of the House are scrambling for the exits.

Neither the framers nor subsequent political leaders had built in to the constitutional framework any plans to reconstitute Congress in the event of a catastrophe like 9/11. I called for Congressional leaders to at least create a commission to study the problem and potential solutions.

The commission held a hearing-style meeting to hear testimony from expert witnesses on the issue of continuity of government for the Congress, Presidency, and Supreme Court. It also heard from a number of Members of Congress who have made efforts to address these problems.

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What if the terrorists had succeeded in flying an airplane into the Capitol, killing or incapacitating many members of the House of Representatives and the Senate? Our Constitution and laws have only makeshift and incomplete provisions for Congress to convene, do business, and make laws under those circumstances. This...

The United States does not have a parliamentary system, and it is both dysfunctional and tragic to see so many try to force the parliamentary square peg into the American constitutional round hole.

If Baird Measure passesCongress, the states would have an amendment in place that they could ratify quickly.