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Jonathan Lewallen, Sean M. Theriault, and Bryan D. Jones

Jonathan Lewallen is assistant professor of political science at the University of Tampa. Sean M. Theriault is professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. Bryan D. Jones is professor of government and J.J. “Jake” Pickle Regents Chair in Congressional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Latest articles by Jonathan Lewallen, Sean M. Theriault, and Bryan D. Jones

The Big Idea
The Senate’s disastrous process for crafting the AHCA fits a historic patternThe Senate’s disastrous process for crafting the AHCA fits a historic pattern
The Big Idea

The House and Senate have been holding fewer and fewer hearings on policy issues since the 1970s — and they’re less substantive.

By Jonathan Lewallen, Sean M. Theriault, and Bryan D. Jones