President Bush's support for a constitutional amendment that would effectively ban gay marriage has pushed the issue onto a Congressional agenda that is already filled and more.

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 author responds to letters from lawmakers.

The Republicans are governing the House with a mind-set that is unfortunate and ultimately counterproductive.

Watch the rest of the journeyof intelligence reform through Congress--it may provide clues for how Social Security, tax reform, energy, and other issues will be treated.

The Democrats have fallen short of their goal of an open Congress with a restored order and a real deliberative process.

Continuity of government measure H. R. 2844 looks like it will be rammed onto the House floor without serious consideration of ways to fix its key problems.

It is important that an intense Senate minority has some weapons at its disposal to make high-handed majority actions suffer consequences, but due to the misuse of the filibuster, the way the Senate operates now is dysfunctional and costly.