Should Congress have term limits? Rep. Kay Granger’s situation makes a ‘compelling case’
The case of Rep. Kay Granger, a retiring 81-year-old Republican, is stirring controversy over Congress’ trend of shielding ...
History Shows Big Changes in ‘Big Government’ Are Hard to Achieve
Past efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy, including basic things like selling off unused government buildings, have ...
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GOP Congressman Urges Trump to Listen to Mike Johnson: ‘You Can’t Just Govern from an Extreme Position’
Rep. Don Bacon urged President-elect Donald Trump to listen to Mike Johnson after criticizing the president-elect's efforts ...
NC lawmakers passed term limits resolution for Congress, but not for themselves. Why?
Gerry Cohen, who worked for the state legislature from 1977 to 2014, said he helped draft numerous term-limit bills for the ...
Sen. Joe Manchin on his time in the Senate and what the future holds
Manchin was West Virginia's governor before he won his U.S. Senate seat in 2010. Since then, he's tried to work with both ...
Biden signs stopgap bipartisan measure to fund government, avert shutdown
Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster ...
Mike Johnson concludes the 118th Congress as it began — in chaos
A historically unproductive Congress ends with a House speaker battling to keep his job amid an ungovernable majority. Will ...
Congress Approves Full Social Security Benefits for Public Sector Retirees
The popular measure gives full benefits to millions of people who currently receive them at a reduced level. Critics warn the ...
Senate passes bill to avoid a government shutdown, ending funding fight at the 11th hour
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill to fund the government through March 14. It does not address the debt ...
Senate sends spending deal to Biden’s desk, averting shutdown
The Senate in the early hours of Saturday passed a stopgap funding package, avoiding a government shutdown that would have furloughed hundreds of thousands of federal workers and bringing a ...
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Senate confirms 235th federal judge under Biden’s presidency, beating Trump’s first-term tally
Biden and Senate Democrats placed particular focus on adding women, minorities and public defenders to the judicial rank.
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Congress avoids a shutdown but leaves ‘a big mess' for Trump and Republicans in 2025
Congress struck an 11th-hour deal to avert a government shutdown during the holidays, but in the process, it lengthened an ...