Political Science

Rich Arenberg book awards, recent articles, and media: Impeachment, the filibuster, Iran-contra, and the government budget

Rich Arenberg, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, publishes and comments on a variety of U.S. government issues.

Richard Arenberg

Book awards for "Congressional Procedure: A Practical Guide to Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress":  the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Award and a 2019 Independent Publisher Book Award

Commenting on Vice.com, How Democrats Will Weaponize Trump's Historic Impeachment Stonewalling, where he also comments on Trump's legal position on impeachment. "If they are stonewalled now, they'll take it as further evidence of obstruction," said Richard Arenberg, who spent more than 30 years as a Capitol Hill staffer for Democrats. "And they can drop all that evidence into a second article of impeachment." 

Quoted on Vice.com, Trump's Legal Position on Impeachment is Bananas

Quoted in CBSAustin.com on Transferring FEMA funds to ICE at start of hurricane season carries risks for Trump. 

Writing in The Hill, Strange Bedfellows Oppose the Filibuster. "President Donald Trump and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) agree on one thing: the elimination of the filibuster in the Senate. And now former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has lent his weight to that demand."

Interviewed on Skullduggery, Buried Treasure: The Lessons of Iran-contra

Quoted in abc6 news, As budget talks stall again, report says recent shutdowns cost government $4 billion. "While voters might not identify it specifically, it plays a role in how voters see the congressional Democrats, the Republicans, and especially President Trump," said Richard Arenberg, a former Capitol Hill senior staffer and author of "Congressional Procedure: A Practical Guide to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress." "One of the most telling poll questions has always been whether a political figure 'cares about people like me.' Trump does poorly and that impression was deepened by the government shutdown."