117th U.S. Congress

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1EU9N

Required reading to understand the tax policy fight

Vanessa Williamson

Monday, November 13, 2017

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) listens to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during the opening session of the new Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC146CC1AA20

Republicans will need to work with Democrats to pass tax reform

Stuart M. Butler

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Twitter Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch and Google Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker are sworn in before the House Intelligence Committee to answer questions related to Russian use of social media to influence U.S. elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC16D2B0FBC0

Russia revelations illustrate the threats of hyper-concentration in Silicon Valley

William A. Galston and William Kristol

Friday, November 3, 2017

Copies of the 2016 U.S. Government budget

What’s wrong with the congressional budget process?

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, November 3, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson waits to be introduced to speak to staff members at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool - RC1F144D4810

Secretary Tillerson is doing the right thing, so why is Congress bashing him?

Friday, October 27, 2017

The American flag is changed for a new one on the Capitol building during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar - HT1ED1K1E2RCE

Mandatory spending cuts get left behind in Congress’s march toward tax reform

Friday, October 27, 2017

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Polling Spotlight: The deep split in the GOP

William A. Galston

Thursday, October 26, 2017

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Inning two: Will 2018 be a “wave” election?

Michael J. Malbin

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

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

Three takeaways from the Cruz-Sanders debate

Vanessa Williamson

Friday, October 20, 2017

The American flag is changed for a new one on the Capitol building during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar - HT1ED1K1E2RCE

Congress’s vanishing budget: It’s not all polarization’s fault

Casey Burgat and Joshua Huder

Thursday, October 12, 2017