Abolish the Securities and Exchange Commission
Despite its enormous budget and vast regulatory powers, the agency has failed to detect major frauds while wasting time and money on relatively useless disclosures.
Congressional Approval
No Troops in Ukraine Without Congressional Approval, Say Lawmakers
Plus: Republican policy priorities, SCOTUS to take same-sex wedding website refusal case, and more...
Rand Paul Presses Mike Pompeo on Iran: 'You Do Not Have Our Permission To Go to War'
Does the Trump administration think it can wage war in Iran without congressional approval? Mike Pompeo won't say.
Your Flight Is Delayed
The frenzied battle to reform American air traffic control
The Deregulator?
Wary libertarian enthusiasm greets Donald Trump's ambitious regulatory reform agenda
DARPA Unveils Latest Military Tech Weapon
Giving presidents the tools they need to wield the power they've already taken.
Nationwide Keystone Pipeline Protests Today as Senate Prepares to Vote Approval
Would add just 1/100th of a degree to man-made warming by 2100
Americans Really Don't Like Their Congresscritters
Fifty-one percent say their own representatives suck.
Polls Say: Democrats Risk a Midterm Beating Over Obamacare
Democrats appear to be in no position to buck the midterm thumping the party in power power usually suffers at the polls.
In Praise of An Unpopular Congress
What's wrong with Congress? Absolutely nothing, that's what.
Congress Gains Popularity as Obama Loses Support
I don't see why we have to like either of them
Nancy Pelosi Most Unpopular Congressional Leader
Also the best-known, which may be a contributing factor
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Improves Reputation of Congress by Entering Plea Bargain Talks
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) won re-election to Congress while cooling his jets in rehab.
Obama Has Taken the Cult of the Presidency to a Whole New Level
And it doesn't seem he's losing any sleep over what his successors may do with those new powers.
Will Congress Stop King Barack the First?
Obama isn't the first president to ram through a nominee that the Senate refused to confirm, but he is the first to do it when the Senate is actually in session.
