Could Congress Be Waking Up?

Research and Commentary

One Year Later: Is Congress Still the Broken Branch?

Sarah A. Binder, Thomas E. Mann and Molly Reynolds, The Brookings Institution, January 22, 2008

Research and Commentary

Is the Broken Branch on the Mend? An Early Report on the 110th Congress

Thomas E. Mann, Sarah A. Binder and Molly Reynolds, The Brookings Institution, September 04, 2007

Research and Commentary

Is Congress on the Mend?

Thomas E. Mann and Molly Reynolds, The New York Times, April 28, 2007

The Broken Branch book page

Research and Commentary

The Hill is Alive With the Sound of Hearings

Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann, Foreign Affairs, March 21, 2007

Research and Commentary

Congressional Corruption: Reforming the Broken Branch

Thomas E. Mann and Lawrence Lessig, Bloggingheads.tv, April 16, 2008

Research and Commentary

Put Earmarks in Perspective

Thomas E. Mann, Politico, March 06, 2009

Research and Commentary

An Independent Entity for the House Ethics Process?

Thomas E. Mann, House Task Force on Ethics Enforcement, April 19, 2007

Research and Commentary

Truth and Reconciliation: Sidestepping the Filibuster

Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein and Molly Reynolds, The New Republic, April 20, 2009

Research and Commentary

Earmark Reform

Thomas E. Mann, Norman Ornstein and Melanie Sloan, The Diane Rehm Show, March 16, 2009

Research and Commentary

A Collapse of the Campaign Finance Regime?

Thomas E. Mann, The Forum, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 16, 2008

Research and Commentary

A New, Improved Congress?

Thomas E. Mann and Molly Reynolds, The New York Times, August 26, 2007

Research and Commentary

Steps to Repair the ""Broken Branch""

Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann, The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 01, 2006

Research and Commentary

New Senate Leaders Prepare for Next Term

Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, November 14, 2006

Research and Commentary

Harriet Miers Nomination

Thomas E. Mann, The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU), October 10, 2005

Research and Commentary

DeLay Will Go; Damage Could Remain

Thomas E. Mann, Newsday, April 27, 2005

Research and Commentary

Congressional Races

Thomas E. Mann, The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU), October 27, 2004

Research and Commentary

The Continuity of Congress: Special Elections in Extraordinary Circumstances

Thomas E. Mann, House Committee on Administration, September 24, 2003

Research and Commentary

Preserving Our Institutions: The First Report of the Continuity of Government Commission

The Continuity of Government Commission, The Brookings Institution, May 01, 2003

Research and Commentary

Can't Congressional Republicans Give It a Rest?

Thomas E. Mann, Newsday, April 27, 2000

Research and Commentary

The 105th: It Could've Been a Contender

Sarah A. Binder and Thomas E. Mann, The Washington Post, October 18, 1998