White House Forces Showdown Over Congress’s Power of the Purse
The confirmation of Russell T. Vought to lead the powerful White House budget office is likely to escalate the funding fights ...
Memo To Congress: Pass The FoRGED Act
FoRGED Act calls for the most sweeping defense acquisition reform in a generation. FoRGED Act ensures we spend wisely but a ...
“What’s the point of having Congress?”: Even some conservatives now say it's a constitutional crisis
Musk's stated aim is cutting federal spending, which legal experts say can only be done by Congress using its constitutional ...
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Trump is trampling on the Constitution. Does Congress even want to work anymore? | Opinion
U.S. Congress can't just sit by while President Trump does whatever he wants. But lawmakers seem to have no intention of actually working.
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How Congress — and not the president — controls how taxpayer money is spent
The Constitution gives Congress what’s called “the power of the purse,” or the ability to spend taxpayer money — not the ...
Bowser Act: New bill aims to repeal DC Home Rule Act, return congressional control
A new bill introduced in Congress aims to strip Washington, D.C., of its limited self-governance, placing full control of the nation’s capital back under congressional authority.Congressman Andy Ogles ...
Trump tests the limits of presidential power with little resistance from Congress
For nearly 250 years, the American system of government has been defined by the separation of powers between three coequal ...
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Congress must terminate the Inflation Reduction Act
Lawmakers passed the Inflation Reduction Act at the height of the Biden presidency when Democrats controlled the White House and both houses of Congress. They rammed it through without any ...