Suspending The Rules

Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) and Tom Graves (R-Ga.) are leading a bipartisan panel of lawmakers developing recommendations to improve the workings of the Capitol. The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress is looking at improvements in areas ranging from staffing and technology to members’ relationships across the partisan divide. On this episode of Bloomberg Government’s “Suspending the Rules” podcast, congressional reporter Emily Wilkins sits down with Kilmer and Graves to discuss their work. Also on this episode, BGOV budget and appropriations reporter Jack Fitzpatrick breaks down the stopgap funding measure signed by President Donald Trump last week to keep the government open through Nov. 21, as well as the status of full-year appropriations bills and how they could be affected by the House’s impeachment inquiry. Contact the BGOV podcast team at BGOVpodcast@bgov.com. Listen and subscribe to Suspending the Rules from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via Overcast | Via Stitcher |