By Philip Wallach and Jaehun Lee When he was first elected president in November 2016, Donald Trump chose a diverse array ...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been much in the news since its creation was announced in mid-November by ...
Buy it. It is not easy being a staffer on Capitol Hill. No, the work is not road paving or ditch ...
Hello? Is there anyone here? The U.S. Senate chamber, 1891. Source: R.K. Bonine via the Library of Congress. Last month, Sen. George ...
Senate pageboys celebrate adjournment in October, 1949, with good reason. The 80th Congress enacted more than 900 bills in a ...
President Joe Biden’s White House recently delivered to Congress its “Mid-Session Review” of the federal budget. The bottom line in this late July ...
First day of the House Judiciary Committee's formal impeachment hearings against President Nixon, May 9, 1974. Source: Wikipedia. Once President Joe Biden ...
Annual deficits make for ever growing debt. Source: St. Louis Federal Reserve. Do voters punish politicians who increase budget deficits and ...
Last month, President Joseph Biden announced new tariffs on steel and aluminum, semiconductors, electric vehicles and some other items. His ...
Yuval Levin, "Congress Is Weak Because Its Members Want It to Be Weak," Commentary, July/August 2018. The title of this ...
Source: MajorityLeader.gov. Yes, Congress has troubles. The budget process is in shambles. It suffers a surfeit of mindless partisanship. Our national ...
By John Haskell Members of Congress are on the go full-time and aren’t paid enough to qualify for a home loan ...
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) chairs the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party. He is a ...
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