U.S. Congress

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen shortly before sunset in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Zach Gibson - RTX36B6A

FixGov

What to expect when you’re expecting reconciliation bill (again)

Molly E. Reynolds

Monday, September 25, 2017

Newly elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan (L) addresses the House for the first time on Capitol Hill in Washington October 29, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - TB3EBAT19QGHS

Taxation

What tax cuts can Congress pass?

William G. Gale

Monday, September 25, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (2nd L), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (2nd R), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (R) and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1AD82E6200

FixGov

A GOP nightmare: Trump and Democrats cut a deal on taxes

Robert Shapiro

Friday, September 22, 2017

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaks with reporters following the party luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1D74AF44C0

FixGov

Cassidy and Graham hope support from governors will validate ACA repeal bill

Elizabeth Mann and Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, September 22, 2017

Reports

Senators look on at a testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill

U.S. Congress

Considering the budget resolution in the Senate: Challenges and consequences of reform

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, May 11, 2017

People file out of the Javits center after campaign chair John Podesta's speech at the Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton election night rally in New York, NU.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RTX2SPH0

Campaigns & Elections

Re-inserting peer review in the American presidential nomination process

Elaine Kamarck

Thursday, April 27, 2017

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington

U.S. Politics & Government

Staffing federal agencies: Lessons from 1981-2016

Anne Joseph O’Connell

Monday, April 17, 2017

Federalist poster about 1800. Washington (in heaven)[¿?] tells partisans to keep the pillars of Federalism, Republicanism and Democracy. Another source: A 1795 [¿? Washington died in 1799] cartoon depicting Washington warning party men to let all three pillars of Federalism, Republicanism, and Democracy stand to hold up Peace and Plenty, Liberty and Independence. At the left a Democrat says "This Pillar shall not stand I am determin'd to support a just and necessary War” and at the right a Federalists claims, "This Pillar must come down I am a friend of Peace".

U.S. Politics & Government

Respublica complicata

Pietro S. Nivola

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

U.S. Congress

Could caucuses help rebuild bipartisanship on Capitol Hill?

Stuart M Butler and Matthew Sommerfeld

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Blog Posts

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

FixGov

Why Bernie Sanders’s plan for universal health care is only half right

Dana Goldman

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Protesters gather to show support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot - RC1B156F7DA0

FixGov

Two-thirds of Trump supporters want Dreamers to stay in U.S.

William A. Galston

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

U.S. Capitol is seen after the House approved a bill to repeal major parts of Obamacare and replace it with a Republican healthcare plan in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTS157JN

FixGov

From staff cuts to lagging technology, Congress has a capacity problem

Casey Burgat

Monday, September 11, 2017

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Experts

Elizabeth Mann

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Multimedia

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (R) speaks next to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a news conference on President Trump's first 100 days on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC19E1623B10

U.S. Congress

On Trump’s debt ceiling deal

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, September 7, 2017

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at sunset in Washington

Unpacked

Why do we have a debt ceiling?

Philip A. Wallach

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

FixGov

Do reconciliation rules help Senators avoid blame for failure?

Curtlyn Kramer

Friday, September 1, 2017

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