Research and Commentary

The History of the Filibuster

April 22, 2010, Sarah A. Binder

A Viewer's Guide to the Health Care Reform Bill Process

March 19, 2010, Sarah A. Binder

A Primer on Self-Executing Rules

March 17, 2010, Sarah A. Binder

How to Fix the Senate?

February 21, 2010, Sarah A. Binder and Forrest Maltzman

Ben Bernanke's Second Term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve

January 30, 2010, Sarah A. Binder

Reconciliation in the Senate

January 25, 2010, Sarah A. Binder

President Obama’s Partisan Support in Congress

January 13, 2010, Sarah A. Binder

Congress Takes Health Care Reform Home

August 7, 2009, Sarah A. Binder

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The End of Bipartisanship for Obama's Big Initiatives?

March 22, 2009, Sarah A. Binder

Assessing the 110th Congress, Anticipating the 111th

January 8, 2009, Sarah A. Binder, Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein and Molly Reynolds

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Repairing a Frayed TARP

December 9, 2008, Sarah A. Binder and Mark Spindel

The Financial Bailout Bill Heads Back to the House

October 2, 2008, Sarah A. Binder and Mark Spindel

Financial Disaster: What Role for Congress?

September 23, 2008, Sarah A. Binder

One Year Later: Is Congress Still the Broken Branch?

January 2008, Sarah A. Binder, Thomas E. Mann and Molly Reynolds

Tangling Over Recess Appointments: What’s at Stake?

November 21, 2007, Sarah A. Binder

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

September 4, 2007, Molly Reynolds, Sarah A. Binder and Thomas E. Mann

Political Gridlock? What Will Washington Do Now?

November 9, 2006, Sarah A. Binder

Impact of the DeLay Indictment on Congress and the GOP

September 30, 2005, Sarah A. Binder

The Filibuster Debate

May 16, 2005, Sarah A. Binder

This Battle Isn't New: The Filibustering of Judicial Nominations

March 6, 2005, Sarah A. Binder and Steven Smith

The 'Nuclear' Option for Ending Filibusters

January 4, 2005, Sarah A. Binder

Presidential Candidates: Where Do They Stand?

July 26, 2004, Alan Murphy, Sarah A. Binder and Thomas E. Mann

The Difficulty of Reforming Senate "Holds"

June 17, 2003, Sarah A. Binder

Filibusters a Great American Tradition

May 25, 2003, Sarah A. Binder and Steven S. Smith

Hillary's Workhorse Image Serves Her Well

January 29, 2002, Sarah A. Binder