Research and Commentary

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

April 4, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Droning on: Thoughts on the Rand Paul “Talking Filibuster”

March 7, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

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

March 1, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Would Congress Care if the Federal Reserve Lost Money? A Lesson from History

February 26, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Sequestration Stalemate: Some More Considerations

February 26, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Thoughts on the Hagel Filibuster and its Political Implications

February 14, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s State of the Union Priorities

February 7, 2013, Sarah A. Binder, William A. Galston, Ron Haskins and Thomas E. Mann

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Take a Little, Give a Little: The Senate's Effort at Filibuster Reform

January 24, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Prospects for the 113th Congress

January 21, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Oh 113th Congress Hastert Rule, We Hardly Knew Ye!

January 17, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

A Congress Nerd’s Super Bowl: Watching the Fiscal Cliff Game

January 2, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

Reforming the Senate at a Snail’s Pace

December 30, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Three Reforms to Unstick the Senate

November 29, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

“Accelerated Regular Order” — Could it Lead the Parties to a Grand Bargain?

October 19, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Will Congress Heed the Voters in the Lame Duck Session?

October 3, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Consensus on Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve

September 13, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Credible Commitments and the Federal Reserve

September 4, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

The Depressing Logic of Reform’s Bad Prospects

July 24, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Hail to the Chief (John Roberts, That Is): Thoughts on the Legislative Implications of Today’s Ruling

June 28, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Is Bernanke’s Fed Poised to do More for the Economy?

June 20, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

‘Tis the Season for the Thurmond Rule

June 14, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Confirming by Supermajority: Another Look at Today’s Fed Nominations

May 17, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Beyond the Bernanke-Krugman Slugfest at the Latest Federal Reserve Press Conference

April 26, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Trial Court Judges and Math, Senate Style

March 13, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Congress, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Open Market Committee

January 27, 2012, Sarah A. Binder