Over the last eight years, the US Congress has established a long track record of not doing things. But on September 28, for the first...

“A vast bureaucracy with no congressional oversight, that’s digging through hundreds of millions of your credit records to detect fraud,”...

In a 2012 survey by FindLaw.com, only 34 percent of respondents were able to name even one of the nation’s Supreme Court Justices. But as...

Throughout history, a foundational divide in American politics has split the federal government. In the early days of the republic,...

The sheer mechanics of the Speaker’s election process help explain why the role has functionally developed into its current iteration. In...

In a recent Gallup survey, respondents ranked different professions according to perceptions of honesty and ethical standards. Nurses hit...

Due to a 1996 piece of legislation, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), stories like Valdez’s are...

For the future of American infrastructure, the August Congressional recess looms large. Since the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act...

President Barack Obama recently unveiled his nearly $4 trillion budget, and it immediately made waves. As the unabashedly liberal wish...

A Pew Research graphic illustrating the religious makeup of the 114th Congress, via the Pew Research Center. Do American politicians see...

The New York Times branded him the “main contender for New York’s most-embarrassing-candidate-of-the-year award,” and The Daily Show made...

Every morning, for six weeks this summer, I made the short walk from Union Station in Washington, DC to the Hart Senate Office Building,...

As the August recess approached, congressional attention was seized by a slew of unexpected agenda items. The human rights crisis...

John Dennis is running against Majority Leader Pelosi this November. Art by Katrina Machado John Dennis’ next few months look rough....

George Miller is a senior member of Congress from California’s 11th district who announced his plans to retire at the end of his current...

On Monday, former Senator Olympia Snowe visited Brown to deliver a lecture titled “Bridging the Divide: What Hyper Partisanship means for...

BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on...

By Adam Bouche Politicians have a difficult time grasping the scientific method. All too frequently, scientific knowledge and research is...

Tucker Carlson, a conservative commentator for Fox News, talks to Brown Political Review’s Annika Lichtenbaum. Carlson is co-founder and...

Danielle Pletka, Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, talks to Brown Political...