Document Type

Lecture

Publication Date

10-2-2019

Publisher

Brookings Mountain West

Abstract

As part of the Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, Brookings Mountain West presents a lecture titled "House Oversight of the Executive Branch in the 116th Congress" by Brookings Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, Molly Reynolds. Democrats promised to undertake oversight of President Trump and the executive branch. This lecture answers questions about the ability of the House of Representatives to fulfill one of Congress’s duties during the Trump administration and previews whether and how this oversight activity may impact the 2020 elections.

Keywords

Government; Congress; Executive branch; House of Representatives; Elections

Disciplines

American Politics | Political Science

File Format

pdf

File Size

446 Kb

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Language

English

Comments

This event featured Molly Reynolds, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow in Governance Studies.

This event was held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Greenspun Hall Auditorium on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 6 p.m.

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