Good to Know: Continuing resolutions Sarah Binder - January 22, 2024 Here’s why Congress can’t kick the habit.
Will the Democrats’ big bill get past the hurdles of reconciliation? Sarah Binder - August 6, 2022 From the ‘Byrd bath’ to the ‘vote-a-rama,’ here’s what’s happening with the Inflation Reduction Act
Biden says that the infrastructure bill shows the presidency can deliver for ‘all Americans’ John A. Dearborn - November 28, 2021 There’s a history behind that vision
Three reasons Congress finally passed an infrastructure bill Sarah Binder - November 8, 2021 And what happened to Build Back Better, the social and climate infrastructure bill?
Congress is struggling to raise the nation’s debt cap. Here’s what you need to know. Sarah Binder - October 5, 2021 Debt ceiling drama isn’t new — but this time it is a bit different
Why the Pentagon can’t fully account for all its assets — in Afghanistan or anywhere else Christian I. Bale - September 22, 2021 Incomplete audits make wasteful spending more likely
Can Senate Democrats pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package? Ask the parliamentarian. Nikita Lalwani / Managing Editor - February 17, 2021 With an extremely narrow majority in the Senate, Democrats are
What the heck is budget reconciliation? Sarah Binder / Managing Editor - February 3, 2021 Your guide to another arcane congressional fiscal tool.
How a stronger presidency could lead to more effective government William Howell and Terry Moe - September 13, 2020 And more effective government could help reduce populism
Congress is arguing over federal spending again. This explains why. Molly Reynolds - September 26, 2019 Nobody wants another shutdown. But what to do when the parties really, really disagree?
Does Trump really have ‘absolute power’ to declare a national emergency? Let’s examine the statute. Andrew Rudalevige - February 15, 2019 Editors' note: We are reposting this analysis, first published on January
Yes, Congress could give Trump a line-item veto. And it might want to. Andrew Rudalevige - April 9, 2018 President Trump signed the massive omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal
This is why the congressional budget process is broken Molly Reynolds - October 26, 2017 The Republican House and Senate have now adopted their annual
Four lessons from the GOP failure to repeal Obamacare Sarah Binder - July 28, 2017 The Republicans’ “Seven-Year War” to repeal the Affordable Care Act
Here are 3 things we learned from Republicans’ failure to repeal Obamacare Sarah Binder - March 24, 2017 The Republican campaign to repeal and replace the Affordable Care
This is why the Congressional Budget Office will likely survive Republican attacks Sarah Binder - March 15, 2017 [caption id="attachment_55381" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks
Turning Down the Chair Andrew Rudalevige - December 20, 2012 David Hawkings makes an interesting point in today's CQ/Roll Call
“Accelerated Regular Order”: Could it lead the parties to a grand bargain? - October 19, 2012 Suzy Khimm reports on a proposal from the Bipartisan Policy
Russell Train, RIP Andrew Rudalevige - September 26, 2012 Not everyone gets to have their name entitling a famous
Congressional supercommittees: How super are they? - July 26, 2011 As the debt default clock counts down, competing Boehner and
Nuclear Reconciliation Joshua Tucker - March 8, 2010 In response to the many "recent discussions":https://themonkeycage.org/senate_procedure/ of the "use
Agenda Setting & the Budget Message: The Back Story Andrew Rudalevige - February 2, 2010 Barack Obama's budget for fiscal year 2011 was released yesterday,
Everything (?) you wanted to know about reconciliation (but were afraid to ask…) - January 22, 2010 On the heels of the Massachusetts election, it appears that