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Nancy Pelosi, a master legislator and partisan warrior

Michele Swers - November 7, 2025
A formidable member of Congress will step down next year.
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A key part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is under attack

Nadia E. Brown and Michael G. Strawbridge - October 21, 2025
Will the Supreme Court undermine decades of progress in Black political representation?
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Black members of Congress are aging – but not stepping down

Nadia E. Brown and Michael G. Strawbridge - October 9, 2025
Our data finds Congressional Black Caucus members enter office later and stay in office longer than their colleagues.
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Why we get stalemate even under unified government

Nicholas G. Napolio - October 2, 2025
The 1998 book Pivotal Politics still sheds light on lawmaking.
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Three big takeaways from that “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Sarah Binder - July 8, 2025
Republican tactics seem likely to weaken the Senate – and make fiscal crisis more likely.
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Can the GOP pass Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’? 🎧

John Sides and Sarah Binder - May 14, 2025
Sarah Binder and John Sides talk budget politics in the latest episode of “Where’s Congress?”
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Do moderate candidates really do better in elections?

John Sides - May 12, 2025
Three new papers make the answer to that question more complicated.
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Where’s Congress? 🎧

John Sides and Sarah Binder - April 14, 2025
John Sides and Sarah Binder address the big question Americans are asking.