Molly E Reynolds

Divided we fall: Why consensus matters

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Maryland, United States - Health professionals are participating in the coronavirus vaccination campaign at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland on December 22, 2020. The United States already has the capacity to administer the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in some 4,000 locations throughout the territory, according to official data. So far, more than 600,000 people have received the vaccine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

How has Congress responded to issues surrounding vaccinations?

Shruti Nayak, Naomi Maehr, and Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, May 13, 2022

Members of the house depart after the first session of the 117th Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2021. Tasos Katopodis/Pool via REUTERS

Why members of Congress choose not to run for re-election

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, May 12, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S, March 1, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS

Did Biden’s State of the Union speech meet the moment?

Scott R. Anderson, John Hudak, and Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

The future of American democracy: A conversation with U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) presides ahead of the final passage in the House of Representatives of U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief bill inside the House Chamber of the Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Proxy voting takes on new meaning for Republicans

Emily Larson, Naomi Maehr, and Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, January 20, 2022

FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Around the Halls: One year since the January 6 insurrection

John Hudak, William G. Gale, Darrell M. West, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Rashawn Ray, Molly E. Reynolds, Elaine Kamarck, William A. Galston, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Mug and gloves sitting atop books

12 Days of Brookings

Tanvi Madan, Tom Wheeler, Andre M. Perry, Thomas Wright, Colin Kahl, Richard V. Reeves, Michael E. O’Hanlon, David Wessel, Ryan Hass, Molly E. Reynolds, Bruce Jones, Jonathan Rauch, and Fiona Hill

Thursday, December 23, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Capitol after the Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. With a government shutdown approaching on Friday, Congress is working to put together a short-term spending compromise while Democrats continue to negotiate President Biden's Build Back Better agenda in a hectic December on the Hill. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

What does Congress need to get done before the holidays?

Molly E. Reynolds and Adrianna Pita

Friday, December 3, 2021

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher A. Wray appears before a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium at the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

Amid polarization, bipartisan oversight still exists in Congress

Naomi Maehr and Molly E. Reynolds

Tuesday, September 21, 2021