In recent years, particularly in the House, publicly held committee hearings and votes have become pro forma. Real decisions ...

House Democratic leaders are urging their members to oppose the stopgap spending bill Republicans plan to bring to the floor ...

With House Republicans in the midst of debating a colossal tax bill that they plan to try to pass through the reconciliation ...

Lawmakers in at least eight states — Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas — ...

Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a new government spending bill to avert a shutdown at midnight—with preliminary ...

GOP lawmakers in Congress are proposing treating the city like a federal agency in their latest spending bill.

The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear ...

The Joint Economic Committee - Minority report released Thursday by Congressional Democrats projects Republican tax cut proposals could mean a one-third cut to Medicaid nationwide. Children, the ...

Are you hearing it, too? On Facebook: the funding for my disabled friend’s home health aide has just been cut in half. At the ...

Donald Trump has warned that the US government could face a shutdown in a matter of days if one temporary bill doesn't get ...

With D.C.'s government governed by the Constitution and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, any Trump executive order will likely be challenged in court.