In almost every conversation, seemingly, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson mentions he is a constitutional lawyer.

Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...

The SAVE Act aims to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of US citizenship for voting ...

The U.S. shrugged when Thomas Jefferson blocked funding for a program he hated. Richard Nixon did the same with programs he ...

Donald Trump’s radical moves like mass deportation may pale in significance next to his use of something less showy but ...

Here's a look at what's up for debate regarding government spending — and what changes could emerge during the Trump ...

Since we are now at a time when the power of the president, Congress and the courts are in tension and generating legal ...

Impoundment is when a president refuses to spend money allocated by Congress and returns the funds to the Treasury.

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act—an immigration enforcement ... The bill passed the House in the last Congress, but was never taken up by the Democratic-controlled Senate ...

The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known ... that bystanders to a crime could be hurt by it. During congressional floor debates, Democrats argued that if a group of people were in a store and ...

called the Congressional Review Act, has come out of the woodwork. It could allow Republicans to roll back some… but not all… Biden-era rules and regulations. Marketplace senior Washington ...