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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

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

Thursday, March 21, 2019

The Brookings Institution main building

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Around the halls: Brookings scholars honor women who shaped their careers

Christine Stenglein

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with members of Congress as he arrives at the 37th annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young - RC1C5F28A710

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The Senate’s emergency vote showed Trump’s enduring strength

Friday, March 15, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Director Mike McDaniel and Chief of U.S. Border Patrol Carla Provost, holds a briefing on "drug trafficking on the southern border" in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1453617A40

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The Senate vote on the wall brought Trump closer to impeachment

Friday, March 15, 2019

Blog Posts

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) leads Democrats in introducing proposed government reform legislation, which they've titled the For the People Act, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1D8861B9A0

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Why Democratic ‘disarray’ is not a disaster

Morley Winograd and Michael Hais

Thursday, March 14, 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

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

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Jobseekers stand in line to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. career fair held by the New York State department of Labor in New York April 12, 2012. A report on Friday showed the economy created only 120,000 jobs last month, the fewest since October. The unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent, but largely as people gave up the search for work. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E84D0FT401

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What does the latest jobs report mean for 2020?

Monday, March 11, 2019

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Events

The life she deserves: Medical marijuana in the U.S.

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

The Life She Deserves: Medical marijuana in the US

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT

West Hollywood, California

Uruguay’s cannabis law: Pioneering a new paradigm

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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A voter exits a voting booth after filling out his ballot in the U.S. presidential primary election at the Stark Volunteer Fire Department in the village of Stark, New Hampshire, February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - GF10000302166

Podcast Episode

How America’s presidential primaries work and what to expect in 2020

Elaine Kamarck and Bill Finan

Friday, January 18, 2019

People walk under a billboard encouraging people to vote following the U.S. Midterm elections in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC125853C7E0

Podcast Episode

2018 midterms: What happened, what’s next

Camille Busette, Elaine Kamarck, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 9, 2018

Citizens vote on a basketball court at a recreation center serving as polling place during the U.S. general election in Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - HT1ECB81QZBBW

Brookings Now

How ballot initiatives will impact voter turnout in the 2018 midterms

Monday, October 22, 2018

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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

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Congressional investigations: Presidential harassment or constitutional duty?

Friday, March 8, 2019

Jessica Cochran casts her ballot at a polling station set up in a garage during the U.S. presidential election, near Fernald, Iowa, U.S., November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Scott Morgan - HT1ECB81IGN8I

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New polling tracks 2020 voters on government and the economy

William A. Galston

Thursday, March 7, 2019

A demonstrator protests with a sign showing a divided Red and Blue America in front of the Trump International Hotel during the "March for Our Lives" event demanding gun control after recent school shootings at a rally in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - HP1EE3O1FJKIW

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My personal journey through polarized America

Darrell M. West

Wednesday, March 6, 2019