Why Democrats won’t outmaneuver Tommy Tuberville Sarah Binder - September 20, 2023 There are risks to changing Senate rules.
Goodbye to the 117th Congress, bookended by remarkable events Sarah Binder - December 27, 2022 The 2022 roundups: Congress’s year in review.
How did the Democrats’ major spending bill get off life support? Matthew N. Green - August 8, 2022 These factors made the difference
Will the Democrats’ big bill get past the hurdles of reconciliation? Sarah Binder - August 6, 2022 From the ‘Byrd bath’ to the ‘vote-a-rama,’ here’s what’s happening with the Inflation Reduction Act
It’s not just Manchin. Here’s why Congress struggles to pass climate bills. Sarah Binder - July 25, 2022 These three deeper issues make it very hard to act on climate, specifically.
What Alito’s draft gets wrong about women and political power Rebecca J. Kreitzer and Candis Smith - May 6, 2022 Research finds many ways that women, especially women of color, are excluded from equal access to power
House committees are hearing from fewer witnesses. That hurts public policy. Lauren C. Bell, Kevin Kosar, and John D. Rackey - January 27, 2022 When members use hearings to grandstand, potential witnesses fear they will be used as targets.
What do Manchin and Sinema want? Neilan S. Chaturvedi - January 26, 2022 ‘Moderate’ senators have to satisfy both red and blue voters. But Democrats can still reach them.
Despite Manchin and Sinema, Democrats are more united than they’ve been for decades Adam Hilton - January 24, 2022 Since the 1960s, the Democratic Party has been dismantled and rebuilt in a strongly progressive direction
What were Democrats thinking when they tried — and failed — to pass their voting rights bill? Sarah Binder - January 21, 2022 Changing Senate rules is really, really hard.
California’s city councils are getting more diverse. This law made that happen. Sean Long and Loren Collingwood - January 18, 2022 Electing people by district instead of citywide improves minority representation
When lobbyists and legislators socialize, lobbyists are more likely to get what they want Sara Sadhwani, Pamela Lopez, Christian Grose, and Antoine Yoshinaka - January 12, 2022 Researchers may be right to follow the money. But they may also want to follow legislators and lobbyists’ more relaxed time together.
Three reasons Congress finally passed an infrastructure bill Sarah Binder - November 8, 2021 And what happened to Build Back Better, the social and climate infrastructure bill?
Twitter amplifies conservative politicians. Is it because users mock them? Megan Brown, Joshua Tucker, and Jonathan Nagler - October 26, 2021 Our research suggests conservative politicians are ‘ratioed’ more often. That may explain why they’re in your timeline.
The Biden infrastructure bills would restore America’s traditional approach to economic growth Robert Manduca, Nic Johnson, and Chris Hong - July 29, 2021 From the nation’s founding, government has been deeply involved in shaping the economy — until the Carter and Reagan administrations retreated from the ‘American System’
Does ‘faith-based’ include people without a religious faith? Mark Brockway - July 11, 2021 Secularists are organizing. Their activism could begin to influence the Democratic Party.
Do we have an infrastructure deal? Sarah Binder - June 27, 2021 Four takeaways on what Democrats and Republicans are up to — and why it’s a big deal
Why Joe Manchin is such a problem for his party Sarah Binder - June 10, 2021 It's not easy being blue in a red state
4 reasons the GOP wouldn’t vote for a Jan. 6 commission Sarah Binder - May 27, 2021 It wasn’t the first filibuster of the year, and it won’t be the last
Biden’s Democrats want to roll back the Reagan era. Are the party and the country ready? Amelia Malpas and Adam Hilton - March 19, 2021 Democrats have been moving to the left since well before the pandemic, our research finds
Democrats are bringing earmarks back. Aren’t earmarks bad? Jeffrey Lazarus - February 17, 2021 They’re useful tools for majority-party leaders
McConnell and Schumer ended their standoff over the new Senate. Who won and what happened? Sarah Binder / Managing Editor - January 26, 2021 And why were they talking about the filibuster at all?
11 openly LGBTQ lawmakers will take their seats in the next Congress. That’s a record in both numbers and diversity. Gabriele Magni, Charles Gossett, Andrew Flores, and Andrew Reynolds - November 29, 2020 The “rainbow wave” hit state legislatures, as well.
Mitt Romney changed the impeachment story, all by himself. Here are 3 reasons that matters. Sarah Binder - February 5, 2020 That’s unusual for a lone politician in our partisan era.
The 2018 blue wave included quite a few LGBT wins — even though voters are still wary of gay and trans candidates. Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds - November 25, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80572" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sen.-elect Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) declares victory
Why we’re still waiting for election results from Florida and Georgia — and why newly counted ballots favor Democrats Charles Stewart III - November 14, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80200" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A worker loads a ballot into
Will there be a ‘rainbow wave’? 4 things to know about LGBTQ candidates running for office this year. Charles Gossett and Andrew Reynolds - October 22, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79173" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The first openly gay U.S. senator,
Yesterday’s Congressional women’s softball game was bipartisan. But are women actually more bipartisan in practice? Mary Nugent and Catherine Wineinger - June 16, 2016 [caption id="attachment_42235" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The Congressional Members team put their