Research and Commentary

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

Gridlock is No Way to Govern

April 19, 2013, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

Vital Statistics on Congress

March 5, 2013

Countering Corruption: 2012 Conference Report from the World Forum on Governance

March 4, 2013, Stephen M. Davis, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

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

March 3, 2013, Thomas E. Mann

Five Myths About the Sequester

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

What to Expect in Obama's State of the Union Address

February 7, 2013, Thomas E. Mann

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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Five Myths about the 112th Congress

January 4, 2013, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

Yes, Congress Is That Bad

December 3, 2012, Thomas E. Mann

Make Voting Mandatory and Filibusters Extinct

November 30, 2012, Thomas E. Mann

First Step in Ending D.C. Dysfunction

November 9, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

Election 2012 Data: The Impact on the House

November 9, 2012, Thomas E. Mann, Korin Davis, Raffaela Wakeman and Elana Firsht

Are the Political Conventions Still Relevant?

September 7, 2012, William A. Galston and Thomas E. Mann

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The Republican and Democratic Conventions – Who Came Out Ahead?

September 7, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and William A. Galston

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The Election and the Future

September 4, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norm Ornstein

Does Journalistic "Balance" Hurt America?: A Q&A with Thomas Mann

July 31, 2012, Trudy Lieberman and Thomas E. Mann

Five Delusions About Our Broken Politics

June 13, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norm Ornstein

Political Division and Dysfunction in Congress

June 4, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norm Ornstein

@ Brookings Podcast: Political Dysfunction is “Even Worse Than It Looks”

May 18, 2012, Thomas E. Mann

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Want To End Partisan Politics? Here’s What Won’t Work — And What Will

May 17, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norm Ornstein

The Ugly Truth about the Ugly Politics of Health Care

May 4, 2012, Thomas E. Mann

Let’s Just Say It: The Republicans are the Problem

April 27, 2012, Thomas E. Mann and Norm Ornstein

Prague Declaration on Governance and Anti-Corruption

March 21, 2012, Thomas E. Mann, Stephen M. Davis, Nell Minow and Norm Ornstein