After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson wants more transparency in Congress. Now, he’s pushing to ...

There's still a lot of work to be done on the floor in September. I'd like to see some hybrid consensus ideas go through,” ...

The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare ...

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen believes his Republican colleagues will not allow President Donald Trump to keep the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control indefinitely. Van Hollen ...

Republicans and Democrats have failed Social Security, and benefits Americans receive could be slashed in as little as 7 years if lawmakers don't act.

The statute does not require evidence or congressional approval — only a presidential declaration of emergency.

New law prohibits unsolicited sale of mortgage applicant data by credit bureaus Homebuyers often bombarded by predatory ...

When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...

The Congressional Review Act enables Congress to review the work of the administrative state and, together with the President, expeditiously consider and reject any rule that an agency adopts ...

"Act of Congress" doesn't cover what happened after the law's enactment. In large part because of the ongoing, messy aftermath, many students of finance don't see Dodd-Frank as much of a triumph ...