Congress is wrapping up the year without a lot of legislative accomplishments under its belt and a growing list of lawmakers who are retiring. Former members say the challenges on Capitol Hill have ...

For most of American history, government shutdowns didn’t exist — they are a relatively recent phenomenon born of broken budget procedures and a broken political environment. Shutdowns as we know them ...

While some colleagues engaged in high-profile battles over the speaker of the House, presidential politicking and seemingly unending partisan bickering, highly effective members of the 118th Congress ...

The Senate’s budget headaches are spreading to the House as Republicans accuse the upper chamber of being “unserious” about cutting federal spending. The topic of reconciliation, the legislative ...

President Trump has gotten off to an extremely fast start in his second term, testing the extent of his executive power since being inaugurated in January. Meanwhile, Congress is behaving in a ...

President Trump has gotten off to an extremely fast start in his second term, testing the extent of his executive power since being inaugurated in January. Meanwhile, Congress is behaving in a ...