The president has been impeached. Now what?
By Molly E Reynolds, Adrianna Pita Following the House of Representatives’ vote to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Senior Fellow Molly…
By Molly E Reynolds, Adrianna Pita Following the House of Representatives’ vote to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Senior Fellow Molly…
By Molly E Reynolds Congress, the first branch of government, has in addition to its legislative function the role of providing a meaningful check on executive branch power. But this…
By Molly E Reynolds, Adrianna Pita On Oct. 31, the House of Representatives passed a resolution that set out the procedures for the next steps in the ongoing impeachment inquiry.…
By Molly E Reynolds Before heading out of town for their annual August recess, the Senate passed a major budget bill that sets the caps on overall discretionary spending for…
By Molly E Reynolds Students across the country may be enjoying the first weeks of summer vacation, but the House of Representatives remains hard at work, moving through one of…
By Molly E Reynolds, Fred Dews In our constitutional system, congressional oversight of the executive branch is an important tool. As a co-equal branch of government, and the one that…
By Molly E Reynolds Earlier this month, House Democrats scrapped a plan to vote on a measure that would have relaxed spending caps for the discretionary parts of the federal…
By Molly E Reynolds On March 27, 2019, Brookings Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds testified before the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress in a hearing titled…
By Molly E Reynolds, Jackson Gode House Democrats in the 116th Congress have several oversight tools to hold the Trump administration accountable and investigate executive branch misconduct. Two of the…
By Molly E Reynolds The first weeks of the 116th Congress have seen a flurry of budget-related activity, including the re-opening of parts of the federal government after a record…