The Pentagon Budget Battle Is a Distraction
An ever-growing military budget is yet another illustration of the GOP's abandonment of small-government principles. And Democrats aren't any better.
An ever-growing military budget is yet another illustration of the GOP's abandonment of small-government principles. And Democrats aren't any better.
Sen. Chuck Grassley and the Senate Finance Committee will debate two bills this fall aimed at restricting presidential authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval.
Schilling and Trump are alike in attacking immigrants for costing money, while seeking out business subsidies.
"The Second Amendment is not a suicide pact," the senator says, while glossing over the due process issues raised by gun confiscation orders.
While expressing concern for free speech and privacy, lawmakers are seriously threatening both.
Proposed federal legislation would move overstressed child protection systems in the wrong direction.
Trump makes life miserable for GOP lawmakers—and party leadership only makes it worse.
The bipartisan bill says "using drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act" or in any kind of labor counts as human trafficking.
Tools exist to modify the incentives for legislative action, and Congress could deploy some of those tools itself to encourage more regular reauthorization and modernization of federal regulatory programs.
The senator leading an anti-tech crusade in Congress is being willfully ignorant of all the ways technology has improved humanity in recent decades.
Members of Congress are well aware of the looming threat of the $22 trillion (and growing) national debt, but seem incapable of doing anything except making it worse.
Trump's 2018 commitment that he would never sign a massive spending deal ever again was fake news.
If lawmakers want to impeach Trump they're going to have to deal with the politics of it all and not use the Justice Department as a shield.
The former special counsel's abridged answers to lawmakers' questions changed few minds.
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The House Freedom Caucus could reverse its trend towards irrelevancy by successfully swaying Trump to turn against the new budget deal.
The MORE Act combines laudably broad legalization and expungement provisions with taxes and spending that may alienate potential Republican allies.
If President Donald Trump signs the deal into law, he will have authorized a 22 percent increase in federal discretionary spending during his first term in office.
The federal government will spend $57 trillion over the next 10 years and run an $11 trillion deficit. But cutting spending by $150 billion is too much to ask?
A new book gives insight into Amash's breakup with the Republican Party, which was well underway before Amash said Trump should face impeachment proceedings.
Is the angry reaction to the president's incendiary comments "all about politics"?
One of the best ways to succeed long-term in capitalism is by treating customers well rather than ripping them off. That's something you won't hear Democrats or Republicans admit these days.
In choosing principle over party, the Michigan congressman has changed what's possible in politics—and possibly the 2020 presidential race.
Should federal marijuana reform be tied to a broader "racial justice" agenda?
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The Congressional Budget Office says 17 million workers will see higher paychecks, but the poorest and least skilled are likely to be left out.
He says partisan power structures have made government reforms impossible.
The senator and the president she wants to unseat are determined to have their way, regardless of what the law says.
"Working families should not have to pay the price for the president's reckless use of this tariff authority," says Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Florida Democrat.
By trying to control markets, lawmakers only make problems worse.
The special counsel has said he wants his report on Russian meddling in the election to speak for itself.
The Republican congressman from Michigan shot back on Twitter.
A solid majority of congressmen, including 41 Republicans, voted for a spending rider that bars the Justice Department from interfering with the legalization of cannabis for medical or recreational use.
It's not likely to get anywhere in the Senate, but consider it progress.
The conservative justice comes out swinging on behalf of the non-delegation doctrine.
Don't blame him for any FISA abuses. He's been fighting it for years.
The fight over the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund is pure political theater.
Also: Mike Lee says Congress must reassert power over the presidency. And so long to Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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The United States is currently operating under 32 different national emergencies. This proposal would require Congress approve those declarations within 72 hours, and again after 90 days.
Clearing the way for additional research into those drugs will help craft public policy regarding their use, and could open the door to additional medical uses.
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So far, the answer is "maybe."
An awful lot, but who's counting?
You can’t overdose on fentanyl simply by touching it.
Demanding that members of Congress be in town to vote on spending huge sums of money seems reasonable.
If you had never heard of Amash before, it was a perfect introduction to his views on just about every significant issue. If you are familiar with him, it was a standout performance.