How Republicans can turn the House’s lights back on Sarah Binder - October 24, 2023 But electing a speaker won’t resolve the crisis.
This is why the Senate is at a nuclear brink Sarah Binder - April 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_27560" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Will Senate Republicans pursue the nuclear
This is why Senate Republicans might (not) go nuclear Sarah Binder - November 14, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49494" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President-elect Donald Trump with wife Melania
Why Republicans are unlikely to reverse the ‘nuclear option’ Sarah Binder - December 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18656" align="aligncenter" width="704"] World's most deliberative body, chatting. (Screenshot
Why Republicans are unlikely to reverse the 'nuclear option' - December 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18656" align="aligncenter" width="704"] World's most deliberative body, chatting. (Screenshot
The Senate’s partisan fever (in 4 charts) Sarah Binder - July 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_13427" align="aligncenter" width="606"] Danger: Feverish Senate ahead (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
The Senate's partisan fever (in 4 charts) Sarah Binder - July 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_13427" align="aligncenter" width="606"] Danger: Feverish Senate ahead (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
How we count Senate filibusters and why it matters Sarah Binder - May 15, 2014 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="606" special=""] Credit: Alex Wong (Getty Images)[/caption]
Fate of the filibuster in a post-nuclear Senate - November 24, 2013 [caption id="attachment_3472" align="aligncenter" width="1360" special=""] Majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada)
Boom! What the Senate will be like when the nuclear dust settles - November 21, 2013 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry
What Senate cloture votes tell us about obstruction - November 12, 2013 [caption id="attachment_2921" align="aligncenter" width="454" special=""] U.S. senators, on good behavior.
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
Speak softly … and carry a nuclear stick - July 14, 2013 The Teddy Roosevelt-Harry Reid analogy ain't great, I know. But
Is nuclear winter coming to the Senate this summer? - May 20, 2013 It seems the Senate could have a really hot summer.
Seeking Supermajorities in the Senate - April 18, 2013 There's been no shortage of excellent coverage of yesterday's defeat
Making time fly (backwards) in the Senate - March 20, 2013 It seems the Senate has resolved its impasse over the
Some footnotes to the Rand Paul filibuster - March 9, 2013 In a week in which civility broke out all over
Droning on: Thoughts on the Rand Paul “talking filibuster” - March 7, 2013 Sen. Rand Paul has just completed his nearly thirteen hour
Senate Puzzler for your Sunday morning - February 17, 2013 Three cheers to Wonkblog for starting our Sunday morning with
Oh 113th Congress Hastert Rule, we hardly knew ye! - January 17, 2013 Is the Hastert Rule dead? Speaker Denny Hastert coined his
Reforming the Senate at a Snail’s Pace - December 30, 2012 As the clock runs out on the dysfunctional 112th Congress,
Motions to proceed: The good, the bad, and the ugly - November 28, 2012 I thought I would add a few observations to
“Accelerated Regular Order”: Could it lead the parties to a grand bargain? - October 19, 2012 Suzy Khimm reports on a proposal from the Bipartisan Policy
‘Tis the Season for the Thurmond Rule - June 14, 2012 Senate Republicans made headlines this morning for invoking the so-called
Confirming by supermajority: Another look at today’s Fed nominations - May 17, 2012 The Senate readily confirmed Jerome Stein and Jay Powell to
Why Does the Filibuster Persist? John Sides - May 17, 2012 This is a guest post from Eric Schickler and Greg
Back to 1806: Revisiting the accidental origins of the Senate filibuster - May 16, 2012 The Common Cause lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Senate
Where have all the conference committees gone? - December 21, 2011 Following Jordan's excellent post, a few more thoughts about conference
Another Look at Party Discipline John Sides - November 1, 2011 Steve Smith sends this graph: In the political science literature,
Broken Politics, Mixed-Up Media John Sides - October 17, 2011 "Broken Politics, Mixed-Up Media" is the title of a panel
Congressional supercommittees: How super are they? - July 26, 2011 As the debt default clock counts down, competing Boehner and
The Procedural Side of McConnell’s Debt Ceiling Fix - July 13, 2011 There has been much written already about the ingenuity of
Senate reform? Still possible. Gregory Koger - February 3, 2011 Last Thursday, "the Senate adopted a modest package of reforms":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/27/AR2011012707334.html.
The Attempt at Filibuster Reform John Sides - January 28, 2011 bq. The leadership agreement is too limited in its scope
Filibuster Reform John Sides - January 13, 2011 Steve Smith sends along these thoughts (pdf) on the Harkin-Klobuchar-Merkley-Udall
Welcome to the New Senate - May 19, 2010 Democratic leaders' failure to secure 60 votes for cloture on
To self-execute or not to self-execute, that is the …. - March 16, 2010 "Nothing is so boring to the layman as a litany