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Last week, Freedom Caucus members blocked another a series of spending bills from reaching the House floor. Their opposition has stymied Speakers

After a chaotic and historically unproductive first session, the 118th Congress appears to be off to a more hopeful start in the

Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown Saturday when Speaker McCarthy shocked Capitol Hill and expedited a clean continuing resolution on the House

In Federalist 78, published in the spring of 1788, Alexander Hamilton famously referred to the judiciary as “the least dangerous” branch of

By Matthew Green, Professor, Department of Politics (The Catholic University of America) The past seven months have made it abundantly clear that

Normally, we remember what we were doing when great triumphs or tragedies take place on the world stage.  Fiscal policy is not

The partisan and intra-branch posturing on the debt ceiling, on display since January, has finally yielded actual legislative text.  Last week Speaker

President Biden released the President’s Budget last week and with it, the federal appropriations process has lurched to a start.  In the

As Kevin McCarthy brokered with conservatives to win the speakership, he made a series of promises to significantly revamp the budget and

Guest Post by Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Cabana For the national security community, the calendar year has dawned with an $858 billion National

Why walk when you can fly?  As the 117th Congress pushes into its lame duck session, party leaders consider an ambitious array

Every even-numbered year in the U.S., some politician or pundit will proclaim that “this is the most important election in our lifetimes!”

A bar graph haunts Washington.  You know the one.  Its jagged teeth notch losses for the President’s party in every post-WWII midterm

On August 24th, President Biden announced a plan to provide student loan debt relief. The policy will include debt cancellation of up

By Professor Julia Azari, Marquette University   Presidential power is a bit at odds with democracy. Presidency scholars have noted this for