The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

U.S. Congress can't just sit by while President Trump does whatever he wants. But lawmakers seem to have no intention of ...

Reports indicate President Donald Trump may be considering an executive order to slash the Department of Education, but he ...

And in fact, quite often, the Constitution intentionally acts as a brake on majoritarianism. It creates structures, ...

President Donald Trump hinted during a news conference that Japan could soon face U.S. tariffs if it doesn’t take steps to ...

We’re covering an imbalance of power in the government. In the United States, Congress, the president and the courts are ...

A three-member panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Jan. 30 in the case of Reese v. ATF that the ...

Sen. Blaise Ingoglia’s SJR 536 would give voters the chance to limit lawmakers to eight years each in the Senate and the House, and foreclosing their path to return to a seat they previously held ...

There was no nursery rhyme reciting nor phone book reading. No cots wheeled out for senators to catch naps in between ...