How did Congress pass humanitarian aid for migrant children so quickly? Here are 3 takeaways. Sarah Binder - June 29, 2019 Congress knows a must-pass bill when it sees one.
Can Paul Ryan disarm the Freedom Caucus? Sarah Binder - October 26, 2015 Last week, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) reached detente with the House
By insisting on the ‘Hastert Rule,’ the House Freedom Caucus is endangering the GOP Jesse Richman - October 20, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29972" align="aligncenter" width="908"] House Speaker John Boehner announces his
This is how the Freedom Caucus has taken the House hostage Sarah Binder - October 12, 2015 [caption id="attachment_30503" align="aligncenter" width="982"] House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of
Boehner’s defeat was actually really unusual. Here’s why. Jeffery Jenkins - March 1, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22056" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Speaker of the House John Boehner
Boehner's defeat was actually really unusual. Here's why. John Sides - March 1, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22056" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Speaker of the House John Boehner
Polarization in Congress has risen sharply. Where is it going next? - February 13, 2014 Christopher Hare is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at
Republicans were for the shutdown deal before they voted against it David Karol - October 17, 2013 [caption id="attachment_1836" align="aligncenter" width="550" special=""] A statue of Janus at
The speaker’s most loyal troopers - October 17, 2013 [caption id="attachment_1786" align="aligncenter" width="1090" special=""] Spoiler alert! The finale for
Reality check: 'Gephardt Rule' alone can't fix the debt limit crisis - October 13, 2013 [caption id="attachment_1573" align="aligncenter" width="617" special=""] Even trees hate Congress. (Photo:
The mythical moderates? David Karol - October 8, 2013 Until recently, moderate Republicans had succeeded in flying under the
The 5 species of House Republicans John Sides - October 4, 2013 [caption id="attachment_1000" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty
How Boehner, like Moses, could part the Red Sea - September 27, 2013 [caption id="attachment_549" align="aligncenter" width="1339" special=""] Graph by Sarah Binder based
The Majority Rules, and When It Doesn’t, It Rolls John Sides - July 15, 2013 We welcome this guest post from Andrew Guess, a Ph.D.
What’s in a name? That which we call the “Hastert Rule” by any other name would …. - June 19, 2013 Pardon the morning Shakespeare. But I think a small dose
Does Boehner benefit from breaking the Hastert rule? - April 13, 2013 Years ago, I won a History Book of the Month
Rolling a House majority, again - April 10, 2013 Kudos to the NYT's Derek Willis for catching the latest
Are the days of the Hastert Rule numbered? Some caution in reading the House - March 1, 2013 Most Congress watchers yesterday quickly noted the remarkable House vote
Can the “discharge rule” save Congress? - January 18, 2013 Ezra Klein offers a provocative argument: Perhaps the House discharge
Oh 113th Congress Hastert Rule, we hardly knew ye! - January 17, 2013 Is the Hastert Rule dead? Speaker Denny Hastert coined his
A Congress Nerd’s Superbowl: Watching the Fiscal Cliff Game - January 2, 2013 Some people watch football; I watch Congress. The fiscal cliff
C is for coup? John Sides / Managing Editor - December 21, 2012 This is a guest post by Matthew Green. He is
To self-execute or not to self-execute, that is the …. - March 16, 2010 "Nothing is so boring to the layman as a litany