
Lee H. Hamilton, the director of the Center on Congress, was U.S. Representative from Indiana’s Ninth District from 1965 to 1999.

Lee H. Hamilton, the director of the Center on Congress, was U.S. Representative from Indiana’s Ninth District from 1965 to 1999.
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Now available as a free app for the iPad tablet computer, and also on the web, is Civic Quotes, a new Center on Congress resource that uses notable quotations and images to teach about American government and citizenship in an engaging, interactive way.
When introducing Civic Quotes, Center on Congress Director Lee H. Hamilton said, “It’s vital to make civics instruction interesting and relevant...
In an article by National Public Radio reporter Alan Greenblatt, “The Public Respects Civility, But Rewards Rudeness,” Center on Congress Director Lee Hamilton offers his thoughts on the often-coarse nature of American political discourse.
An excerpt from the article:
"Much of the politics we have today is strident and polarized and mean," says Lee Hamilton, a former Democratic...
A year of pitched partisan battles in Congress earned the institution a C-minus for its performance in 2011, according to political scientists asked by the Center on Congress to grade the national legislature.
The experts surveyed “believe that excessive partisanship limits the policymaking capacity of Congress and prevents the institution from being a full partner in governing the nation,” said...
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