In Memoriam: Charles O. Jones Sarah Binder, Mark Rozell, Kathryn Tenpas, and Russell L. Riley - January 12, 2024 Chuck helped us understand the promise and limits of power in the U.S. constitutional system.
Everything you should know about the House speakership battle Sarah Binder, Ruth Bloch Rubin, Matt Glassman, and Molly Reynolds - October 10, 2023 Four political scientists have a ‘good chat’ about what happened – and what comes next.
What does it take to depose the House speaker? Sarah Binder - September 25, 2023 Hint: There’s a secret list of speakers in waiting
Pelosi just rejected two Republicans for the Jan. 6 investigation. Here are three takeaways. Sarah Binder / Managing Editor - July 23, 2021 Yes, the speaker can do that.
Will Nancy Pelosi be the next speaker of the House? Here are 4 lessons for her challengers. Ruth Bloch Rubin - November 27, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80694" align="aligncenter" width="960"] House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
What happened to John Boehner hasn’t happened in a century. No one knows what comes next. Jeffery Jenkins and Charles Stewart III - September 30, 2015 John A. Boehner’s resignation from the House, and thus the
Dis-charge! Historical data and prospects for success. - October 7, 2013 [caption id="attachment_1024" align="aligncenter" width="1014" special=""] "The Speaker's Attitude" by cartoonist
Governing from the Monkey Cage, discharge rule edition - October 4, 2013 [caption id="attachment_963" align="aligncenter" width="676" special=""] "The House in Session (According
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
There’s a very short fuse on the exploding can* - December 21, 2012 Is the House Republican Conference the ACME Corporation of our