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Today, the AEI Podcast Channel presents https://www.aei.org/tag/understanding-congress-podcast/ (Understanding Congress), a podcast hosted by Kevin Kosar. “How Congress tricks Americans” — that is the topic of this episode. My guest is https://www.nyls.edu/faculty/david-schoenbrod/ (Prof. David Schoenbrod) the author of the book, https://www.amazon.com/DC-Confidential-Inside-Tricks-Washington/dp/1594039119 (DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington). David is a Trustee Professor at New York Law School, where he teaches and studies environmental law, regulation, and other heady subjects. He also is a senior fellow at the https://www.niskanencenter.org/ (Niskanen Center). Find Understanding Congress on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-congress/id1543230162 (Apple), https://open.spotify.com/show/0WxqAxk2KLu6SvaJUIpBa8?si=2281261906aa4945 (Spotify) or wherever you get your podcasts.
“How Congress tricks Americans” — that is the topic of this episode. My guest is https://www.nyls.edu/faculty/david-schoenbrod/ (Prof. David Schoenbrod) the author of the book, https://www.amazon.com/DC-Confidential-Inside-Tricks-Washington/dp/1594039119 (DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington). David is a Trustee Professor at New York Law School, where he teaches and studies environmental law, regulation, and other heady subjects. He also is a senior fellow at the https://www.niskanencenter.org/ (Niskanen Center).
The Article I Initiative partnered with the Administrative Law & Regulation Practice Group and the Regulatory Transparency Project for a discussion with David Schoenbrod, New York Law School Professor and author of DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington. Hon. Susan Dudley, Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, moderated the conversation, engaging Professor Schoenbrod's argument that Congress created a "regulatory mess" by commanding agencies to impose duties needed to protect the public. He contends that in doing so, legislators got credit for protecting voters but shifted to the agencies blame for the burdens of protection.Professor Schoenbrod also alleges that these same legislators later lobbied not to impose these unpopular burdens while simultaneously blaming the agencies for failing to deliver the statutorily-required protection. In recent years some members of Congress have sought on several occasions to address these problems with various bills including the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny" or REINS Act. Professor Schoenbrod rejects the idea that the problem originated in the agencies and offers his own alternative solutions.
The Article I Initiative partnered with the Administrative Law & Regulation Practice Group and the Regulatory Transparency Project for a discussion with David Schoenbrod, New York Law School Professor and author of DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington. Hon. Susan Dudley, Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, moderated the conversation, engaging Professor Schoenbrod's argument that Congress created a "regulatory mess" by commanding agencies to impose duties needed to protect the public. He contends that in doing so, legislators got credit for protecting voters but shifted to the agencies blame for the burdens of protection.Professor Schoenbrod also alleges that these same legislators later lobbied not to impose these unpopular burdens while simultaneously blaming the agencies for failing to deliver the statutorily-required protection. In recent years some members of Congress have sought on several occasions to address these problems with various bills including the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny" or REINS Act. Professor Schoenbrod rejects the idea that the problem originated in the agencies and offers his own alternative solutions.
New York Law School Professor David Schoenbrod, author of DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington, believes that Congress created a “regulatory mess” by commanding agencies to impose duties needed to protect the public. He contends that in doing so, legislators got credit for protecting voters but shifted to the agencies blame for the burdens of protection. Professor Schoenbrod also alleges that these same legislators later lobbied not to impose these unpopular burdens while simultaneously blaming the agencies for failing to deliver the statutorily-required protection. In recent years some members of Congress have sought on several occasions to address these problems with various bills including the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny” or REINS Act. Professor Schoenbrod rejects the idea that the problem originated in the agencies and offers his own alternative solutions.Hon. Susan Dudley, Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, will join us to moderate this interesting discussion with Professor Schoenbrod. Featuring:Professor David Schoenbrod, Trustee Professor of Law, New York Law SchoolModerator: Hon. Susan Dudley, Director, Regulatory Studies Center and Distinguished Professor of Practice, The George Washington University Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.
New York Law School Professor David Schoenbrod, author of DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington, believes that Congress created a “regulatory mess” by commanding agencies to impose duties needed to protect the public. He contends that in doing so, legislators got credit for protecting voters but shifted to the agencies blame for the burdens of protection. Professor Schoenbrod also alleges that these same legislators later lobbied not to impose these unpopular burdens while simultaneously blaming the agencies for failing to deliver the statutorily-required protection. In recent years some members of Congress have sought on several occasions to address these problems with various bills including the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny” or REINS Act. Professor Schoenbrod rejects the idea that the problem originated in the agencies and offers his own alternative solutions.Hon. Susan Dudley, Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center, will join us to moderate this interesting discussion with Professor Schoenbrod. Featuring:Professor David Schoenbrod, Trustee Professor of Law, New York Law SchoolModerator: Hon. Susan Dudley, Director, Regulatory Studies Center and Distinguished Professor of Practice, The George Washington University Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.
You think you know why our government in Washington is broken, but you really don't. You think it's broken because politicians curry favor with special interests and activists of the left or right. There's something to that, and it helps explain why these politicians can't find common ground. But this theory misses the root cause. A half century ago, elected officials in Congress and the White House figured out a new system for enacting laws and spending programs—one that lets them take credit for promising good news while avoiding blame when the government produces bad results. With five key tricks, politicians of both parties now avoid accounting to us for what government actually does to us.While you understand that these politicians seem to pull rabbits out of hats, hardly anyone sees the sleight of hand by which they get away with their tricks. Otherwise, their tricks wouldn't work. DC Confidential exposes the sleights of hand. Its author argues that we can stop the tricks, fix our broken government, and make Washington work for us once again.The book explains the necessary reform and lays out an action plan to put it in place. Stopping the tricks would be a constructive, inclusive response to the anger that Americans from across the political spectrum feel toward what should be our government. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Professor David Schoenbrod of New York Law School on his new book, DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington. Schoenbrod outlines how Congress attempts to shift blame for unpopular policy decisions while still taking credit for popular ones, how this practice harms Americans, and the solution he calls the Honest Deal Act. Plus, what honeybees and train stations have to do with legislative dysfunction.
David Schoenbrod formerly of the Natural Resources Defense Council and currently a Trustee Professor at New York Law School sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss his new book " DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington." During the interview, David and Ben discuss a variety of topics including the various types of chicanery engaged in by politicians in Washington, how and why the political system developed as it did, the costs to the American people, legislation that could hold the key to drastically curtailing such tricks and restoring accountability and much more. Read 'DC Confidential': tinyurl.com/kbpw2gl. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb
David Schoenbrod formerly of the Natural Resources Defense Council and currently a Trustee Professor at New York Law School sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss his new book " DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington." During the interview, David and Ben discuss a variety of topics including the various types of chicanery engaged in by politicians in Washington, how and why the political system developed as it did, the costs to the American people, legislation that could hold the key to drastically curtailing such tricks and restoring accountability and much more. Read 'DC Confidential': tinyurl.com/kbpw2gl. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb
David Schoenbrod formerly of the Natural Resources Defense Council and currently a Trustee Professor at New York Law School sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss his new book " DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington." During the interview, David and Ben discuss a variety of topics including the various types of chicanery engaged in by politicians in Washington, how and why the political system developed as it did, the costs to the American people, legislation that could hold the key to drastically curtailing such tricks and restoring accountability and much more. Read 'DC Confidential': tinyurl.com/kbpw2gl. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb
David Schoenbrod formerly of the Natural Resources Defense Council and currently a Trustee Professor at New York Law School sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss his new book " DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington." During the interview, David and Ben discuss a variety of topics including the various types of chicanery engaged in by politicians in Washington, how and why the political system developed as it did, the costs to the American people, legislation that could hold the key to drastically curtailing such tricks and restoring accountability and much more. Read 'DC Confidential': tinyurl.com/kbpw2gl. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb
David Schoenbrod formerly of the Natural Resources Defense Council and currently a Trustee Professor at New York Law School sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss his new book " DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington." During the interview, David and Ben discuss a variety of topics including the various types of chicanery engaged in by politicians in Washington, how and why the political system developed as it did, the costs to the American people, legislation that could hold the key to drastically curtailing such tricks and restoring accountability and much more. Read 'DC Confidential': tinyurl.com/kbpw2gl. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb
David Schoenbrod formerly of the Natural Resources Defense Council and currently a Trustee Professor at New York Law School sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss his new book " DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington." During the interview, David and Ben discuss a variety of topics including the various types of chicanery engaged in by politicians in Washington, how and why the political system developed as it did, the costs to the American people, legislation that could hold the key to drastically curtailing such tricks and restoring accountability and much more. Read 'DC Confidential': tinyurl.com/kbpw2gl. 'Freeway' by Kurt Vile is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Download 'Freeway' here: tinyurl.com/p4tkyfb
In Professor David Schoenbrod’s new book DC CONFIDENTIAL: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington, he asserts that in the 1960s, elected officials in Congress and the White House figured out a system for enacting laws and spending programs—one that lets them take the credit for promising good news while avoiding the blame for producing bad results. He argues that with five key tricks, politicians of both parties now avoid accounting to the people for what the government does. The result is a vicious cycle of grand promises and budget gimmicks by elected officials, failed policies, blame-shifting by politicians, and spiraling distrust of a government too dysfunctional and unaccountable to solve major problems. The book contends that the ground rules of government must change so that elected officials will once again shoulder responsibility for results. Schoenbrod also offers a practical action plan for reform including a legislative solution—the "Honest Deal Act"—which would change incentives and fundamentally reform government procedures. -- This program was held at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 19, 2017. -- Featuring: Honorable Martin Frost, Former Congressman, Vice-President, U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress; Professor David Schoenbrod, Trustee Professor of Law, New York Law School; and Professor Adam White, Research Fellow, The Hoover Institution and Adjunct Professor, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University.