Jackson Gode

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., before his departure to Camp David, August 30, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1574057F20

Trump and the waning power of tax cuts in Republican party mobilization

Jackson Gode and Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

A view of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington DC, U.S., June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago - RC1D9A2CC1F0

Anatomy of an oversight investigation: White House security clearances

Isabella Gelfand and Jackson Gode

Monday, August 26, 2019

People come and go from the Registrar of Voters office on the final day of voter registration in the upcoming congressional elections in San Diego, California, U.S. October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1956981AF0

Red-tape voter suppression: How new, draconian voter registration rules undermine voting rights

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

The sign for the House Judiciary Committee hearing room is visible at the Rayburn House office building where FBI lawyer Lisa Page failed to show up for a subpoena for a closed House Judiciary Committee deposition related to the ongoing congressional investigation into the Justice Department and FBI's decisions during the 2016 election in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC11B1F228F0

Maintaining the rule of law: How House Democrats are conducting oversight in the 116th Congress

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifying before House Judiciary Committee

Tracking House oversight in the Trump era

Molly E. Reynolds and Jackson Gode

August 2019

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

More productive, more diverse: What ‘Vital Stats’ tells us about the new Congress

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

A sign is seen above a check cashing and loan shop in Jersey City, New Jersey, June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - S1AETHQAPEAA

Understanding the uproar over IRS refunds

Jackson Gode and Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

U.S. 1040A Individual Income Tax forms are seen at a U.S. Post office

Tax cuts: The gift that keeps not giving

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode

Thursday, September 27, 2018