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Charlie HuntThe Conversation |
What power does the U.S. Congress have over the president’s war in Iran?
Special election results have anticipated recent midterm outcomes. With Democrats now overperforming, that could spell trouble for the GOP in 2026.
In dozens of states, an increasing number of legislative seats are going completely uncontested by one of the two major parties.
The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. More than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.
The House has all but abdicated its position as “The People’s Chamber”
With major shutdown impacts beginning to set in, a scholar of Congress says the House has all but abdicated its position as ‘The People’s Chamber.’
Amid negotiations, Democrats may feel like they finally have some leverage against the Trump administration, according to a political science scholar.
There’s a new element at play that’s heightening the stakes of budget negotiations in Congress. And it could lead to a shutdown.
Slim margins and crucial midterms have put a spotlight on the party's truly old guard
The last eight members of Congress who died in office were Democrats. A younger generation of office seekers has raised their opponent’s age as a...
Republicans may soon regret their hardball tactics
The attempt by Texas Republicans to gerrymander more GOP legislative districts could backfire and deliver the party dummymandered districts. A...
Lawmakers who are aligned politically with the president are increasingly voting in line with the chief executive. Doing otherwise could cost them on...
A combination of factors, including Democrats and Republicans feeling more and more animosity for the other side, led to the roughing up of Sen. Alex...
We do not ever see something like this happen to members of Congress
Congress − the first branch of government listed in the Constitution − has been relegated to second-class status.
In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new legislation.
Without Democratic votes to break a Senate filibuster, the GOP would not have been able to pass its stopgap spending bill and avert a government...
Without Democratic votes to break a Senate filibuster, the GOP would not have been able to pass its stopgap spending bill and avert a government...
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