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Sen. Graham repeatedly moved in the direction South Carolina and Republican politics were headed rather than where they had been.
The legislation is the first major housing bill to pass in decades.
Campaign contributions among House members show how parties build influence, protect vulnerable members and respond to election pressures.
If signed into law, the legislation would be the first major housing bill to pass in decades.
Congress has refused to exercise oversight of the Iran war, with Republicans nixing Democrats’ attempts to exercise legislators’ power over military engagements. That’s nothing new.
Amid lawmakers’ calls for the president’s removal from office, Americans may be wondering what would come next.
An FBI raid on a Georgia elections facility has sparked concern about Trump administration interference in the 2026 midterms. An obscure 1970s Supreme Court case provides guardrails against that.
The electoral system used by many global democracies eliminates gerrymandering and has been shown to give more equal representation to minorities and women.
As the 2026 midterm elections edge closer, most people know the party that controls the White House is likely to lose seats in Congress. They usually do not know just how entrenched that pattern is.
Ranked choice voting largely avoids the pitfalls of plurality voting, giving voters the power to express their true candidate preferences rather than being strategic.
The founders’ vision of the speaker of the House – a nonpartisan moderator and referee – has yielded to a far more powerful position. But has Speaker Mike Johnson given away his chamber’s power?
There are lessons from history for today’s divided America. Political division in the second half of the 19th century produced more problems than solutions. But it did end − at the ballot box.
House speakers have had the power to determine when the oath is administered, and courts have been reluctant to weigh in on that influence.
Amid negotiations, Democrats may feel like they finally have some leverage against the Trump administration, according to a political science scholar.
Lawmakers who are aligned politically with the president are increasingly voting in line with the chief executive. Doing otherwise could cost them on Election Day.
Libraries and archives at universities across the nation catalog and steward the donated papers of members of Congress. But that historically significant work is now in jeopardy.
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 Padilla at a press conference.
The Constitution does not grant Congress authority to set voter-eligibility requirements in federal elections.
The president’s apparent strategy is attempting to eliminate the agency on his own authority, while asking Congress to finish the job, an education expert writes.
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