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Fund - Don't Cut - U.S. Soft Power

April 30, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Gen. David Petraeus

Sadly, divided party government, which we have because of the Republican House, in a time of extreme partisan polarization, is a formula for inaction and absolutist opposition politics, not for problem solving.

April 26, 2013, Thomas E. Mann, Moyers & Company

Why Congress is Failing Us

April 26, 2013, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

Finding the Common Good in an Era of Dysfunctional Governance

April 26, 2013, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

The Common Good: Theoretical Content, Practical Utility

April 26, 2013, William A. Galston

An Examination of the Judicial Conduct and Disability System

April 25, 2013, Russell Wheeler

What's Behind all Those Judicial Vacancies Without Nominees?

April 18, 2013, Russell Wheeler

On the Budget, Obama's Opening Bid Was Reasonable

April 16, 2013, Ron Haskins

The Do-little House of Representatives: Why so Little legislating?

April 4, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Applauding Connecticut’s Gun Control Legislation

April 4, 2013, John Hudak

The Tax Code Is a Hopeless, Complex, Economy-Suffocating Mess

April 4, 2013, Bill Frenzel

Policy Leadership and the Blame Trap: Seven Strategies for Avoiding Policy Stalemate

March 29, 2013, R. Kent Weaver

Short-Term Congressional Budget Fixes Only Prevent Total Disaster

March 27, 2013, Bill Frenzel

In Reducing Teen Pregnancy, Shame Is Not a Four-Letter Word

March 15, 2013, Richard V. Reeves

SORT vs. New START: Why the Administration is Leery of a Treaty

March 15, 2013, Steven Pifer

A Balanced Budget Should Take a Backseat to Real Reforms

March 14, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Presidents, Nuclear Reductions and the Senate

March 14, 2013, Steven Pifer

Still Peddling Iraq War Myths, Ten Years Later

March 14, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

The Ryan Budget: DOA But Driving Fiscal Debate

March 12, 2013, William A. Galston

Payments to Elders Are Harming Our Future

March 8, 2013, Harry J. Holzer and Isabel V. Sawhill

Ironically, Obama tried harder and longer than the results merited to work cooperatively with Republicans in Congress. He has learned painfully that his public embrace of a policy virtually ensures Republican opposition and that intensive negotiations with Republican leaders are likely to lead to a dead end. No bourbon and branch-water laced meetings with Republicans in Congress or pre-emptive compromises with them will induce cooperative behavior.

March 6, 2013, Thomas E. Mann, U.S. News & World Report

As 'Devastating' as Sequester is, not 'Immediate Catastrophe'

March 3, 2013, Thomas E. Mann

Are the Days of the Hastert Rule Numbered? Some Caution in Reading the House

March 1, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Five Myths About the Sequester

February 28, 2013, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

Fiscal Fatigue: Tracking the Budget Outlook as Political Leaders Lurch from One Artificial Crisis to Another

February 28, 2013, William G. Gale and Alan J. Auerbach