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“We saw ourselves, because there was no check on the administration, as being that check — to make sure if they violated rules and norms, if they didn’t follow procedures, that we held them accountable
We have to take on the fundamental things that were hurting democracy that allowed someone like Donald Trump to get elected.
ANALYSIS — The Trump administration on Thursday moved its first chess piece in what is expected to be a contentious match between the White House and House Democrats as the latter seek documents and testimony
Yin, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and former chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Barr is on track to be confirmed as the next attorney general next week.
As the first cabinet official to appear before the new Congress, Whitaker, who was tapped by President Donald Trump in November to fill in for ousted AG Jeff Sessions amid Democratic uproar, will
Senate Republicans are moving ahead with an effort to effectively change the rules, reducing the amount of debate time allowed on many lower-level nominations by President Donald Trump.
the nation’s top environmental regulator, Wheeler can expect to be summoned by House Democrats to explain his justifications for the agency’s policy actions, including rewriting or rolling back several rules
The Senate on Tuesday passed a Middle East policy bill that urges President Donald Trump not to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan.
strengthening ethics rules of the executive branch, part of House Democrats’ government overhaul bill — plus an Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing Thursday on the Department of Health and Human
If a GOP-controlled Congress lacks the stomach for spending cuts, it is even less probable a divided Congress will find common ground on deficit reduction.
’s previous judicial nominations that must restart the process in the new Congress.
It includes several “whereas statements” outlining the impacts of the 35-day partial government shutdown that ended Friday after Congress passed and Trump signed a three-week continuing resolution
Tom Cole, R-Okla., ranking member of the Rules Committee and an appropriator, said he sees no reason the Senate or the Trump White House would accept the 2.6 percent increase.
House Republicans disrupted normal floor proceedings Tuesday because they were upset that the Democratic majority scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that blamed President Donald Trump for the 35
The Lankford proposal moved through the Rules and Administration Committee in the last congress on a party-line vote, but both he and Sen.
The Trump administration is weighing whether to invoke national security to place tariffs on cars, even as questions linger about the effectiveness of similar tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
The continuing resolution passed by Congress on Friday brought a three-week reprieve to federal employees and allowed lawmakers to depart for their districts and get face time with constituents over the
recent requests to Congress.
That is certainly something that Trump is changing for us. He’s changing the goal posts on what seems horrifying.”