The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) is proposing to regulate bank liquidity. This marks a major innovation in the Basel approach to international banking regulation.

The issues related to the filibuster and other Senate rules have implications for the Senate, other institutions, and the fabric of governance in America.

Norman J. Ornstein testifies on the filibuster today and its broader consequences for the Senate, other institutions, and the fabric of governance in America.

Absentee voting or voting by a mail ballot has expanded greatly over the past thirty years. What have the effects been of this trend?

On April 5, 2012, the President signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which passed by a large bipartisan majority in the Congress. The Act is designed to facilitate the equity funding of new companies. Recent research has documented that from 1980 through the 2008-09 recession new companies have been main drivers of job creation in the United States. 

Norman J. Ornstein testifies before the U.S.House Rules Committee on lobbying reform.

Here’s the problem: The president never defines what he means by “fair.” And this is for a simple reason: his definition is simply not recognizable to most Americans.