Molly Reynolds will preview the 2020 U.S. Elections as they unfold in the presence of a global pandemic and nationwide protests of structural racism. How are these events affecting the races for president, Senate, the House of Representatives, and beyond? What is likely to happen in November and beyond? We’ll tackle these and other related questions in this presentation.

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Molly Reynolds (Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brookings)

Molly Reynolds is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings. She studies Congress, with an emphasis on how congressional rules and procedure affect domestic policy outcomes. She is the author of the book, "Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Limitations in the U.S. Senate," which explores creation, use, and consequences of the budget reconciliation process and other procedures that prevent filibusters in the U.S. Senate. Current research projects include work on oversight in the House of Representatives, congressional reform, and the congressional budget process. She also supervises the maintenance of "Vital Statistics on Congress," Brookings’s long-running resource on the first branch of government. Reynolds received her Ph.D. in political science and public policy from the University of Michigan and her A.B. in government from Smith College, and previously served as a senior research coordinator in the Governance Studies program at Brookings. In addition, she has served as an instructor at George Mason University.