Lawmaking does not just mean passing bills and creating new laws. It also means oversight and accountability, as well as ...

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) would say about budget negotiations that “the pain was inevitable but the suffering was optional.” Sometimes, though, the suffering is not optional.

The sickening spectacle of the Senate, at nearly 2:00 am Saturday morning, passing a bill on essentially party lines, the full contents of which almost none of them knew, its assumptions about how ...

Ask almost anyone and they will tell you the legislative process is not pretty. It can be petty, cruel, frustrating, unfair, and glacially slow. The legislative process is not one for the thin-skinned ...

While Obamacare was under consideration, McConnell had strong words for the Democratic majority's tactics. Now, he seems to be using them. (Video: Meg Kelly/The Washington Post, Photo: Oliver ...

Indiana representative offers holiday greetings and highlights the importance of constituent input in the upcoming 2026 ...

As a lupus advocate, we’ll be asking you frequently to reach out to your members of Congress in support of people affected by lupus. This might include urging your Senators and Representatives to ...

Last month, as Maryland lawmakers considered a bill that would ban transgender students from playing in girls’ sports, something was notably missing from the House Ways and Means Committee hearing ...

There have been several published reports of state government at its subterranean worst. A few weeks ago the media reported that during the final hours of the 2023 session of the Connecticut General ...