America’s Enabling Act moment: Congress’ coming denouement and the Reichstag test
Nearly one month into Donald Trump’s second term, the courts, the Congress, and the American people are facing the denouement ...
Congress closing in on shutdown deadline with no clear plan
Congress is struggling to strike a deal to keep the government funded as a looming deadline to prevent a shutdown next month ...
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A big to do list for Congress as it finishes the first month with a new administration
Congress has a lot to do as it finishes off its first month with a new administration and there is the funding for the government, which runs out soon.
In Congress, what’s the difference between a budget resolution, reconciliation and spending bills?
There’s understandable confusion over Capitol Hill lingo discussing the budget process and appropriations/spending process — ...
What will happen to Congress’s standing committees?
The standing committees in the House and Senate are facing challenges as the world becomes more complex, making it harder for ...
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You’re hearing a lot about budget reconciliation in Congress. What does that mean?
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have begun taking their first steps on the long and winding road that constitutes the ...
Trump is ruling over the first true Potemkin Congress
House and Senate Republicans are arguing over budget strategy, while the Trump administration makes clear it is ready to ...
State Department announces $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing review process
The State Department on Friday announced a $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing the congressional review process, ...
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Fixing the budget process by breaking it
A popular blogger called Taylor Cone gave some great advice for budding inventors, discussing the process of prototyping: build it, then break it, then fix it. That’s a strategy Congress ought to try.