The maneuver culminated a nearly decade-long effort by Republican legislators, who have pushed through law after law shrinking the powers of North Carolina’s chief executive — always a Democrat during ...

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The GAO decisions led to the once relatively low-profile legislative branch agency to come under an unprecedented level of ...

Chicago aldermen came together to engage in the city’s budget process and assert their authority as a co-equal branch of government.

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In this next session, we’re going to focus on things like energy cost and energy prices.  … We’re going to make it a little ...

Congress is wrapping up the year without a lot of legislative accomplishments under its belt and a growing list of lawmakers who are retiring. Former members say the challenges on Capitol Hill have ...

Explore the U.S. bicameral legislature, its structure with the House of Representatives and Senate, and the historical ...

"Caseworkers are some of the best, well-connected congressional staffers because they see and hear everything that's going on on the ground," said Stewart.

Senate leaders are nearing a deal to pass a package of five appropriations bills that would fund most of the federal ...

Lee Hamilton is a distinguished scholar at the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and senior ...

Checks and balances are essential to our representative democracy. Under our system of government, the legislative, executive and judicial branches provide balance and prevent each other from growing ...