How Republicans can turn the House’s lights back on
But electing a speaker won’t resolve the crisis.
Did amateur candidates cost Republicans the U.S. Senate?
A lot of amateurs ran for the Senate this year and lost. Here’s what you need to know.
For the first time, women will hold these four key congressional jobs
Women will lead the House and Senate appropriations committees in a highly contentious time. Will they do their jobs any differently than men might?
There’s just one Department of Homeland Security. So why does it have so many bosses in Congress?
More than 90 congressional committees and subcommittees currently claim jurisdiction over some part of DHS
The Hyde Amendment blocks federal funding of abortion. Will House Democrats repeal it?
Democrats and Republicans weren’t always divided on abortion funding. That has changed.
Members of Congress have lost control over spending
Package deals over budgets mean that individual members find it hard to make a mark.
The Pentagon is moving money to pay for Trump’s border wall. Here are the consequences.
This politicizes the military even more. It also has constitutional problems.
How the record number of female lawmakers will — and won’t — change Congress
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There might not be a government shutdown this year. This is big news.
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Trump just praised earmarks. Here’s what the fuss is about.
President Trump’s surprising endorsement of congressional earmarks this week spooked
This is why the congressional budget process is broken
The Republican House and Senate have now adopted their annual
How term limits for committee chairs make Congress less effective
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Which members of Congress become lobbyists? The ones with the most power. Here’s the data.
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Here are the 5 reasons Republicans are trying to cut research on evidence-based medicine
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In defense of U.S. funding for area studies
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431 Days and Counting for a Budget!
bq. As Congress and the President struggle to finish up
Explaining the Senate Earmark Vote
Monkey Cage reader and political scientist Jeff Lazarus sends this
That Bold New Crop of Senators
Greg Sargent: bq. Freshman and sophomore Senators, who were elected
The Power of Pelosi
In my previous post, I made the case that Speaker
Lend me your Earmarks
Congressional Quarterly recently published (here, ungated) some interesting statistics about
What a Flake
Here's a nifty website for any of you with an