This year has, unfortunately, provided some excellent illustrations of Congress’s dysfunction. We are currently emerging from a record-long shutdown. Senate Democrats filibustered funding in a doomed ...
The threat of being kept after school if you hadn’t completed your homework was a motivator back in my high school days. Apparently, it doesn’t work on adults in Congress. Senate Majority Leader John ...
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 24: The U.S. Capitol Dome is seen as House Republicans continue to search for a Speaker of the House in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on October 24, 2023 ...
… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. WASHINGTON — As the U.S. House prepares to vote on a sweeping budget blueprint ...
With no standalone farm bill in sight, the budget reconciliation passed by Congress on July 3 included numerous provisions and programs typically included in a farm bill. U.S. House of Representatives ...
The 119th Congress should use the budget reconciliation process to advance 12 education reforms that right-size federal involvement in K–12 and higher education. The reforms include advancing ...
As Republicans in Congress begin trying to enact President Donald Trump’s tax and spending agenda, the word “reconciliation” has come up repeatedly. Democrats, who are in the minority, are now waging ...
There’s understandable confusion over Capitol Hill lingo discussing the budget process and appropriations and spending process — which are two distinct things. This is the process that Republicans are ...
With Republicans in control of Congress and Donald Trump back in the White House, many in the GOP see immigrationas a top priority. Focusing on the issue would help them consolidate a wavering House ...
The White House sent Congress its 2026 “skinny budget” it says will pump up defense spending and slash non-defense discretionary spending by nearly a quarter. The budget request “guts a weaponized ...
The threat of being kept after school if you hadn’t completed your homework was a motivator back in my high school days. Apparently, it doesn’t work on adults in Congress. Senate Majority Leader John ...