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Women account for 28% of lawmakers in the 119th Congress – unchanged from the last Congress
Women make up 28% of voting members in the 119th Congress – on par with their share in the last Congress, but a considerable ...
Staff at multiple agencies instructed not to speak to Congress, says Democrat
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) sent several letters on Thursday to various federal agency heads seeking answers regarding directives banning employees from speaking to Congress. “The ...
New Republic14mOpinion
Trump Gets His Next Target on the Chopping Block: the Postal Service
The president is expected to issue an executive order “as soon as this week” that would dissolve the Postal Service’s ...
America’s Enabling Act moment: Congress’ coming denouement and the Reichstag test
N early one month into Donald Trump’s second term, the courts, the Congress, and the American people are facing the ...
"Gravedigger of American Democracy": McConnell gave us the do-nothing Congress
McConnell reshaped the Senate forever, taking the wind out of two Presidents' sails with a playbook for obstruction ...
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After Watergate, Congress curbed the presidency. Now, Trump is testing those limits
President Trump's efforts to cut federal programs and fire watchdogs are drawing attention to 1970s-era government reforms.
SFGate7d
Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
This sort of leverage over policy still matters. American presidents today exercise vast powers. Over time, Congress has conferred extensive regulatory authorities on administrative agencies that ...
Congress wants to kill two education tax credits. That would cost American students billions in lost benefits
The GOP leadership in the House has proposed eliminating two education tax credits to save the government $85 billion over 10 ...
Fox News15d
Congress must confront the national security threat posed by sanctuary cities
We must directly confront this behavior, not only because it is making our country less safe, but because the American people ... we need action in Congress to confront the national security ...
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As Biden admin ends, parents group calls on Congress to designate ‘American Girls in Sports Day’
is pushing for Congress to address violence against women in athletics and calling on the NCAA to revoke its transgender policy and declare Oct. 10 "American Girls in Sports Day." The measures ...