The Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology & Government earlier this month closed out its six-year life with release of its 19th and final report. This one prescribes what Congress should do to cope with the profusion of technical issues that cry out for logic but to some eyes look like hash. The study couldn't come at a better time, since Congress is already deeply, but cautiously, into efforts to reinvent itself. The Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, established in 1993, recently issued its own final report. And the House and Senate rules committees have begun hearings that will lead to legislation setting forth a formula for reorganizing and, possibly, streamlining the operations of their respective chambers. The question for the Carnegie Commission—or what's left of it—is whether anyone will, wants to, or should act on its ideas about simplifying committee structures, relationships, and budget procedures. Most lawmakers like having control over as many ...