As we reflect on the just-ended Department of Homeland Security funding impasse, we face a familiar problem. Such shutdowns occur because Congress struggles to assemble 60 votes in the Senate to pass ...

Congress is dysfunctional and deeply unpopular. This series began by noting the many headwinds facing the First Branch. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a recent Gallup poll found that a mere 10% of Americans ...

Leslie Belcher of Steptoe LLP examines how Congress is quietly losing its institutional ability to legislate through regular order, increasingly relying on procedural shortcuts and reconciliation ...

While AARP agrees Congress must address Social Security, the organization wants lawmakers to do so through traditional legislative processes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we reflect on the just-ended Department of Homeland Security funding impasse, we face a familiar problem. Such shutdowns occur ...