This is hardly the first time Congress has wiped the PAYGO scorecard to avoid the consequences of a bill’s deficit impact.

The redrawn 38th District sweeps across L.A. County, taking in the cities of Bell, Commerce, El Monte, Diamond Bar, Hacienda ...

House lawmakers have a laundry list of legislative priorities to focus on now that the government shutdown battle is behind ...

I believe this ban will save a generation from getting hooked on dangerous drugs.” By Marijke Friedman, The Texas Tribune As ...

Trump noticed. Recall how Watergate unfolded. Burglars paid by the Nixon reelection campaign bugged telephones at the ...

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss speaks during a City Council meeting on Nov. 10. Speculation around how Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss ...

Lawmakers said if the Navy has issues with the current force structure, the service should identify those issues and present ...

The House’s absence was a further example of the legislative branch’s voluntary ceding of its powers to the executive during Trump’s presidency, even if the pliant GOP majority has hardly shown much ...

With less than a year to go before the 2026 midterms, lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are making decisions as campaign ...

Long the most critical branch of the federal government, Congress has ceded much of its own institutional power. Here's how ...