One Year Later: Is Congress Still the Broken Branch?

Research and Commentary

Could Congress Be Waking Up?

Thomas E. Mann and Molly Reynolds, The New York Times, January 19, 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

Past Event

Did the 110th Congress Mend the Broken Branch? What to Expect in the 111th Congress

Thursday, January 08, 2009
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Assessing the 110th Congress, Anticipating the 111th

Sarah A. Binder, Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein and Molly Reynolds, The Brookings Institution, January 08, 2009

Past Event

Is the Broken Branch on the Mend?

Tuesday, September 04, 2007
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

An Independent Entity for the House Ethics Process?

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

Book

Stalemate: Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock

Sarah A. Binder, February 25, 2003

Research and Commentary

The 105th: It Could've Been a Contender

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

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

The Filibuster Debate

Sarah A. Binder, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, May 16, 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

The Difficulty of Reforming Senate ""Holds""

Sarah A. Binder, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, June 17, 2003

Research and Commentary

Going Nowhere: A Gridlocked Congress

Sarah A. Binder, The Brookings Institution, December 01, 2000

Research and Commentary

The Disappearing Political Center: Congress and the Incredible Shrinking Middle

Sarah A. Binder, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 1996