The U.S. Treasury expects millions of companies to name their owners Elizabeth Meehan - October 12, 2022 Will the Corporate Transparency Act cut down on illicit financial dealings? That’s the plan.
Why people are fighting over Social Security numbers Joshua McCabe - July 19, 2022 Liberal groups don’t like Mitt Romney’s proposal to limit who gets tax credits designed to help lift children from poverty
Why El Salvador’s mass arrests won’t lower the murder rate Michael Paarlberg - July 10, 2022 By promising to reduce homicides, politicians are forced to make deals with the gangs
What were Democrats thinking when they tried — and failed — to pass their voting rights bill? Sarah Binder - January 21, 2022 Changing Senate rules is really, really hard.
Half of Biden’s ambassador positions are vacant. Here’s why that matters. Matt Malis - December 7, 2021 An acting official can’t do the job as effectively as a confirmed ambassador.
There’s just one Department of Homeland Security. So why does it have so many bosses in Congress? Scott Welder, Jennifer Dresden, and Christine Kwon - October 20, 2021 More than 90 congressional committees and subcommittees currently claim jurisdiction over some part of DHS
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
Congress is about to pass a stopgap spending bill. That’ll cost taxpayers. Stuart Kasdin - September 30, 2021 When federal agencies have to put off spending decisions until the last minute, they are forced to take shortcuts
3 lessons from Russia’s cyberhack into U.S. agencies Jacquelyn Schneider and Erica D. Borghard - December 16, 2020 Cyberspying may be inevitable. Governments can prepare.
Members of Congress have lost control over spending Molly Reynolds - August 26, 2020 Package deals over budgets mean that individual members find it hard to make a mark.