Long the most critical branch of the federal government, Congress has ceded much of its own institutional power. Here's how ...

The U.S. federal government comprises 3 different branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The powers of these three branches of government were defined in by the U.S. Constitution, which has ...

Established by Article I of the Constitution, the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress. The Constitution grants ...

The Trump administration has submitted an emergency petition to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting a stay of a D.C. Circuit ...

The Utah Legislature, not content with passing laws, goes beyond the power granted it in the Utah Constitution by invading executive branch functions. Utah Constitution, Art. V, Sec. 1 states, “The ...

David Kurtz at TPM quotes from a government directory known as the "Plum Book," to which Cheney's office submitted this entry in lieu of a list of its employees, as federal agencies must do: The Vice ...

A House Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday advanced the fiscal 2025 Legislative Branch spending bill, which would provide $5.5 billion for House and joint items, a 3.5 percent increase from ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced, as amended, a $5.09 billion fiscal 2020 Legislative Branch spending bill that would continue a pay freeze for members of Congress. The issue ...

House Republicans passed legislation Wednesday to fund the legislative branch for fiscal 2024, as the party works to pass its remaining spending bills before a looming Nov. 17 shutdown deadline. House ...

Gov. Pat McCrory and two of his predecessors have sued the General Assembly to stop a newly created Coal Ash Management Commission and others like it from taking over executive branch functions. The ...