As deadlines loom large for Congress, is there any hope for avoiding gridlock? A political scientist examines one common, informal way members build relationships across the aisle.
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As any good farmer will tell you, always shut the gate. On Thursday a number of government MPs, including several ministers, rushed away from parliament, leaving the gate wide open, and the opposition…
At the end of the first sitting week of parliament, Labor caught the government flat-footed and without a majority in the House of Representatives.
Chaos reigned at Parliament House when key Liberals MPs went missing, and Labor staged an ambush.
The outcome of the US presidential election in November may well hinge on how Americans react to the violence in their country.
Since 1949, most of Australia’s governments received less than half of all primary votes cast, with some as low as 40%.
After a slim victory, how the Coalition works with the crossbench MPs will prove important to the success and stability of the Turnbull government.
It may be several days, or even longer, before we know the shape of our next government, but the business of government will carry on as usual.
How did the numbers of election 2016 fall across the country? And what seats are still in play?
At federal elections, voters must cast a preference for all candidates in their lower house seat. Failure to do so, or failure to give an ordinal list of preferences, renders the ballot informal.
The leading GOP candidates all claim one of their top priorities will be to repeal Obamacare. An architect of the original law outlines the thorny – but plausible – path to repeal.
To make it work, he’s going to need to be braver than Boehner.
The House Appropriations Committee wants to stop the SEC from requiring the disclosure of political contributions. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
Supporting a decision that leaves six million people without coverage and raises premiums for others could further the image of the Republican Party as an uncaring party of the wealthy.
Given the contentiousness of recent fiscal negotiations, the prelude to the budget passed by the Senate last month was surprisingly placid. Will a uniquely unproductive Congress be followed by a more conciliatory…
Republican gains in this month’s election, which handed the GOP united control of Congress for the first time since 2006, have lifted hopes that the government can pass corporate tax reform next year…
One should not exaggerate the impact of this midterm election – as some did following the 2012 presidential poll. The US system has many checks and balances. In particular, within the federal government…
The American public’s dislike of Congress is far from a new development in US politics. However, over the past few years the situation has gotten even worse with public approval of this institution hovering…
Foundation essay: This article is part of a series marking the launch of The Conversation in the US. Our foundation essays are longer than our usual comment and analysis articles and take a wider look…
Foundation essay: This article is part of a series marking the launch of The Conversation in the US. Our foundation essays are longer than our usual comment and analysis articles and take a wider look…
Principales colaboradores
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Dickinson Law, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Professor of Public Policy (retired), University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor in Political Science, University at Buffalo
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Dennis Altman es Amigo de The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor, Political Science Department, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of law and ethics, Georgia State University
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Visiting associate professor, Wayne State University
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Professor American Politics, Political Science, Georgia State University
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
