Congress has many roles in the U.S. political system, including aiding constituents, approving presidential nominees and overseeing the executive branch. Its main job, however, is passing laws – ...

Roughly one in five members of Congress has household investments in the industry.

House Speaker Mike Johnson makes his pitch in the Rio Grande Valley to keep his GOP majority - and his job.

Fitzpatrick stated that Congress could hold up funding for any federal agencies that are responsible. “Agencies won’t get ...

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers has called for a Government Accountability Office review of the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro Sale Program to address significant gaps in post-sale ...

Members from both parties say the legislative branch has descended into a state of dysfunction in the Trump era. Credit...Photo illustration by Derek Brahney Supported by By Robert Draper Robert ...

Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.

* As of Oct. 14, 2026. Note: We sorted public laws into substantial and ceremonial categories. Substantive laws spend money, create or change permanent law, order government officials to do something, ...

Republican Mike Haridopolos and Democrat Jennifer Jenkins battle to win Florida 8th Congressional District race.

Some House Democrats are planning to reclaim legislative powers and address executive overreach through various legislative and oversight measures if they win back the majority in January.