117th U.S. Congress

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD), speaks to the media about plans to repeal and replace Obamacare on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTS18VLY

The Republican Senate went nuclear again to speed up confirming conservative judges.

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post April 6, 2019

Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, speaks on artificial intelligence during a keynote address at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus - RC1CDD6C75F0

How to address new privacy issues raised by artificial intelligence and machine learning

Monday, April 1, 2019

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young - RC1480115B00

Reforming Congress: Historical trends in congressional staffing

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, March 28, 2019

3 reasons to think twice about an infrastructure bill

Politico Wednesday, March 27, 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

Enough of our budget farce

Philip A. Wallach

Monday, March 25, 2019

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

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

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifying before House Judiciary Committee

Tracking House oversight in the Trump era

Molly E. Reynolds and Jackson Gode

January 2021

Children play at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 18, 2016. Picture taken from the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Picture taken November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC13C47E2660

The Senate voted to block Trump’s national emergency declaration. Now what?

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post March 15, 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

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

The Senate vote on the wall brought Trump closer to impeachment

Friday, March 15, 2019