Molly E Reynolds

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

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building on a rainy day in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Today, as President Trump has to discredit mail-in voting, the House Oversight Committee announced an emergency hearing and invited recent Trump appointee, and Republican megadonor, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to testify about ongoing problems with mail delivery ahead of the 2020 elections. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Can Republicans hold the Senate?

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Yellow roses signified you were for giving women the right to vote in 1920. They were plentiful Tuesday as it was the 100th anniversary of the Tennessee House of Representatives casting a vote that ratified the 19th Amendment (Tennessee was the state that got the amendment to its required threshold) a reenactment was held on the House floor of the vote in Nashville, Tenn. Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020,

Reflections on gender equality and the 19th Amendment at 100

Stephanie Aaronson, Emily Cleffi-Tristani, Christina Kwauk, Robin J. Lewis, Amy Liu, Molly E. Reynolds, Isabel V. Sawhill, and Morgan Welch

Friday, August 21, 2020

Addressing another COVID-19 crisis: Corruption

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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

Past Policy 2020 Event

Election 2020: How coronavirus is changing politics and public opinion

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is seen on a jumbotron outside ABC News studios speaking to the U.S. House of Representatives during the session to discuss rules ahead of a vote on two articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump, at Times Square in New York City, New York, U.S., December 18, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC2UXD9M3GK1

The president has been impeached. Now what?

Molly E. Reynolds and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, December 19, 2019