Reynolds is the interim vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. At Brookings, her work has focused on Congress, with an emphasis on how congressional rules and procedure affect the policymaking process. She is the author of the book, Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Limitations in the U.S. Senate, and also supervises the maintenance of Vital Statistics on Congress, Brookings’ long-running resource on the first branch of government. Reynolds is also a contributing editor at Lawfare and serves as an instructor for Smith College’s Jean Picker Semester-in-Washington program.