Research and Commentary

Presidential Leadership, Then and Now: Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama

January 2012, Pietro S. Nivola

Is President Obama Playing Fair? Examining Richard Cordray's Recess Appointment

January 4, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Through the Looking Glass, Darkly: What Has Become of the Senate?

Volume 9: Issue 4, Article 2. 2011, Sarah A. Binder

After the Lost Budget Opportunities of 2011: What Next?

December 27, 2011, Alice M. Rivlin

Where Have All the Conference Committees Gone?

December 21, 2011, Sarah A. Binder

Web Chat: Congressional Battles as the Year Ends

December 14, 2011, Adam Looney

A Bipartisan Tweak to Reduce the Immigration Reform Backlog

December 2, 2011, Neil Ruiz and Audrey Singer

Democrats in Office Need to Get Real about U.S. Energy Policy

November 30, 2011, Charles K. Ebinger

Will the Super Committee Hit Congress Hard?

November 22, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

Living in "Interesting" Times: Health Policy in 2011

November 16, 2011, Henry J. Aaron

Cybersecurity in the Balance: Weighing the Risks of the PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act

November 15, 2011, Allan A. Friedman

Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran

November 15, 2011, Suzanne Maloney

Web Chat: The Fate of Obama's Jobs Plan

October 26, 2011, Gary Burtless

The Cost of Inaction on Job Creation Policies

October 21, 2011, Elisabeth Jacobs

Did the U.S. Senate Just Go Nuclear?

October 7, 2011, Sarah A. Binder

How Congress’s Showdown With China Puts Obama in a Serious Bind

October 6, 2011, William A. Galston

Congress and Foreign Aid

October 5, 2011, David Gartner

Web Chat: Another Congressional Budget Crisis

September 28, 2011, Bill Frenzel

Obama Administration Guts No Child Left Behind

September 23, 2011, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

Speaker Boehner’s Spending Bill Dilemma

September 22, 2011, Sarah A. Binder

On the President’s Recommendations to the Joint Select Committee

September 19, 2011, William G. Gale

Don't Let the Super Committee Fail

September 17, 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon

@ Brookings Podcast: The Budget Deal Won’t Solve Long-Term Deficit Problem

September 16, 2011, William G. Gale

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Web Chat: The Super Committee and Its Prospects for Success

September 14, 2011, Sarah A. Binder

Job Creation: An Opportunity for a Bipartisan Breakthrough

September 9, 2011, Darrell M. West