A drama-filled week in DC saw Democrats accuse Republicans ceding Congress' power to Trump and a curveball involving Jeffrey ...

Russ Vought said to expect more massive spending cuts because Trump is "not cowing to a legislative branch’s understanding of ...

House Republicans late Thursday night approved the first batch of cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), sending the $9 billion package to President Trump’s desk in a big ...

Congress can make the legislative process work in a time of mistrust by Philip Wallach, Opinion Contributor - 01/29/23 11:00 AM ET ...

The House passed the DOGE spending cuts package, which now heads to Trump’s desk. Meanwhile, Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of grand jury testimony surrounding the ...

Congress has, among other indiscretions, waived budget points of order, circumvented spending caps, and used budget reconciliation to bypass the traditional legislative process.

Yes, the legislative process that evolved in Congress over the better part of two centuries, and that was still being practiced in the mid-1990s, had many imperfections.

All politics is national now because Congress no longer plays its role as the arena where political disputes are settled through a robust legislative process. Congress is supposed to soak up ...

President Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed despite objections from ...

Unanimous consent is a device used to expedite the legislative process through the mutual agreement of all representatives or senators. Proceedings in the House of Representatives or the Senate and ...

The select committee’s chair, Democratic Representative Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, has said that he has “no reluctance to subpoena” members of Congress “whose testimony is germane ...