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US State department report on Tibet a month overdue, congressional sources say

“Technically [missing a legislatively mandated deadline] is breaking the law, but there’s no penalty to it,” said Chris Lu, a former lawyer with the House oversight committee who later managed Barack Obama's cabinet. Agencies often missed deadlines, Lu said, given the sheer number of reporting requirements that Congress places on the executive branch.

Chris Lu

UVa panel discusses context and history of impeachment

The panel featured Deborah Hellman, a professor of law at UVa; Kyle Kondik, communications director for the Center for Politics; and Chris Lu, former deputy secretary of labor under former President Barack Obama.

Chris Lu

Why Electing a Female President Is Secondary for Some Women

Mrs. Clinton made her history-making potential a major theme of her 2016 bid, eagerly highlighting pleas from her older female supporters that they’d like to see a woman elected president during their lifetime. That’s been pushed aside this year, as voters prioritize defeating Mr. Trump over representation, said Jennifer Lawless, a professor at the University of Virginia and an expert on women in politics.

Jennifer Lawless

Record number of candidates running for Congress in Houston area

The back-to-back records are part of a national spike in political activism that has translated into more candidates running for office in the era of President Donald Trump, said Jennifer Lawless, a politics professor at the University of Virginia. “Trump’s election provided the political catalyst for Democrats in 2018,” Lawless said. “Now there is a response from Republicans, which is an indirect effect of Trump.”

Jennifer Lawless

Impeachment Latest: GAO Report, Parnas Interview And More

The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump’s impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday. GUESTS:
Anna Edgerton, politics editor for Bloomberg; she tweets @annaedge4. Barbara Perry, professor, co-chair of the presidential oral history program and director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center; she tweets @BarbaraPerryUVA. David Rivkin, partner at the law firm BakerHostetler; he has previously held positions at the Department of Justice, in the Office of White House Counsel and elsewhere in the federal government; he tweets @DavidRivkin

Barbara Perry

The Trump impeachment: A 'dark moment' for Congress or a constitutional necessity?

According to Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, the nation’s founders chose the chief justice to preside over impeachment trials precisely because partisan senators cannot be expected to be impartial. Regardless of the Senate verdict, though, the House impeachment vote will forever hang over Trump’s presidency to some degree.