addition to the annual Republican retreat, the Institute sponsors Congressional staff training events and sponsored bipartisan retreats in the 1990s. The Institute partners with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government on the Bipartisan New Member Orientation, which is a 4-day conference held biannually in which new members of Congress are able to meet each other and learn about policy issues from academics, analysts, and former members of Congress. Congress of Tomorrow Project The Congressional Institute supports reform through an initiative called the "Congress of Tomorrow Project". The project calls for reform via a bipartisan joint committee and has put forth reform ideas including earmarking, biennial budgeting, and changing the start of the fiscal year to the start of the calendar year. The organization supported a measure introduced in 2016 by U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood and Dan Lipinski that would create a bicameral panel with equal membership from both parties and equal numbers from the House and Senate to suggest reforms to improve the efficiency of the legislative body. This proposal is similar to reorganizations enacted in 1921, 1946, 1970, and 1993. Congressional Art Competition The Congressional Art Competition is an annual competition of two-dimensional visual artwork submitted by American high school students sponsored by the Congressional Institute. A winner is submitted from each congressional district by the district’s Member of Congress and displayed in the Cannon Tunnel at the United States Capitol for one year. C-SPAN described the display as "one of the largest and most well-known art displays on Capitol Hill". The bipartisan event has been held since 1982 and sponsored by the Congressional Institute since the mid-2000s. According to the Institute, 427 congressional offices participated in the competition in 2016 and approximately 30,000 students participate in the competition annually. Bipartisan congressional debates In 2008, the Congressional Institute joined the Democratic Leadership Council in co-hosting a bipartisan series of "Oxford style" congressional debates off of Capitol Hill. Each debate was moderated by a member of the media and featured four members of each party debating a specific policy topic. The debates' focus on issues was praised by The New York Times and participants, including then-Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Rahm Emanuel and then-House Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam. Publications In 2009, the Institute released, Surviving Inside Congress, a practical guide aimed at educating new and prospective congressional staff in the fundamentals of Congress and preparing them for positions