Discover the step-by-step process of turning tax proposals into U.S. law, involving Congress, presidential oversight, and the IRS, and its influence on tax policy.

As a lupus advocate, we’ll be asking you frequently to reach out to your members of Congress in support of people affected by lupus. This might include urging your Senators and Representatives to ...

Ask almost anyone and they will tell you the legislative process is not pretty. It can be petty, cruel, frustrating, unfair, and glacially slow. The legislative process is not one for the thin-skinned ...

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) would say about budget negotiations that “the pain was inevitable but the suffering was optional.” Sometimes, though, the suffering is not optional.

The sickening spectacle of the Senate, at nearly 2:00 am Saturday morning, passing a bill on essentially party lines, the full contents of which almost none of them knew, its assumptions about how ...

While Obamacare was under consideration, McConnell had strong words for the Democratic majority's tactics. Now, he seems to be using them. (Video: Meg Kelly/The Washington Post, Photo: Oliver ...

Trenton Democrats introduced legislation Dec. 18 aimed at addressing a pressing issue here in the Garden State – affordable housing. Assembly Bill 4/Senate Bill 4251 would create a new, streamlined ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. (WJHL)- Virginia General Assembly lawmakers are expected to vote Tuesday on legalizing casinos. The bill as it stands would open the door for a proposed casino and resort at the Bristol ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills Friday that change the way elected officials in California, including school board members, can be recalled. Assembly Bill 2584 and Senate Bill 1061 make ...

Last month, as Maryland lawmakers considered a bill that would ban transgender students from playing in girls’ sports, something was notably missing from the House Ways and Means Committee hearing ...

AND RESPECT. IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE PAUL PATE WANTS STATE LAWMAKERS TO EXPAND HIS ABILITY TO VERIFY VOTERS CITIZENSHIP STATUS. CHIEF POLITICAL REPORTER AMANDA ROOKER IS HERE NOW TO WALK US THROUGH ...