Molly E Reynolds

UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way to news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, attended the lunch. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why Senate Republicans and the White House can’t agree on badly-needed COVID aid

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, July 31, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 6, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than a million people world wide have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, and in the U.S. more than 300,000 people have tested positive as the Trump administration struggles to get a handle on the outbreak. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How is COVID-19 affecting House oversight efforts?

Molly E. Reynolds, Jackson Gode, and Christian Potter

Monday, July 13, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol dome is pictured ahead of a vote on the additional funding for the coronavirus stimulus economic relief plan, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2020. Picture taken April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

As the House returns to Washington, which members plan to vote from afar?

Molly E. Reynolds and Christian Potter

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Amy Klobuchar and billionaire activist Tom Steyer on the stage for the sixth 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot

Around the halls: What Brookings experts hope to hear in the Iowa debate

Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs, Aaron Klein, Molly E. Reynolds, and John Hudak

Monday, January 13, 2020

U.S. Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (L), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (2nd L) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R) head to the front of the chamber together before President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - TB3EA1T07R4IC

What is the Senate filibuster, and what would it take to eliminate it?

Molly E. Reynolds

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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

Four takeaways from this summer’s budget deal

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, August 2, 2019

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

With spending caps looming, Congress repeats last year’s minibus strategy

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, June 21, 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

Will Congressional Democrats find unity on the budget?

Molly E. Reynolds

Monday, April 22, 2019

People walk by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis - RC13737E70C0

How does a divided government impact the congressional budget process?

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol at the start of the third day of a shut down of the federal government in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC12F4FE0800

Why McConnell is on the sidelines of a historically long government shutdown

Molly E. Reynolds

Monday, January 14, 2019