Congress in 2019

Brookings experts and guests examine the policy debates, political fights, and leadership changes that will be most impactful in the first year of the 116th Congress.

U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, talks to reporters as he arrives for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats to brief the U.S. House of Representatives in a classified members-only briefing on election security at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1F64BD7DB0

U.S. Government & Politics Congress in 2019: The many challenges facing Adam Schiff and the House Intel Committee

Margaret L. Taylor

January 3, 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

U.S. Government & Politics Congress in 2019: A brief history of congressional investigations

Elaine Kamarck

January 2, 2019

A man walks a dog past a row of vacant houses on Crandall Street, a street that became a hub for narcotics activity according to local media and police, in Binghamton, New York, U.S., April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RC166673BE20

U.S. Economy Congress in 2019: The challenge of left-behind places

Elaine Kamarck

January 2, 2019

U.S. Government & Politics Congress in 2019: What’s ahead for tax and fiscal policy?

William G. Gale, Mark Mazur

January 1, 2019

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