Schedules and snipes: The colloquy tradition rolls on

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Schedules and snipes: The colloquy tradition rolls on

As House Republicans’ second in command, Steve Scalise, R-La., had regular opportunities last Congress to ask about — or criticize — Democrats’ upcoming agenda during end-of-week colloquies on the floor. Now, with Republicans in power, the shoe’s on the other foot, and Scalise will spend colloquies on the receiving end of questions from newly minted Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass. The colloquy is a House tradition in which the minority…