Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Founding Fathers wrote the U.S. Constitution, they envisioned three distinct branches of government; legislative, ...

Senate appropriators approved their fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch bill Thursday, which would boost spending for Congress by roughly 5 percent and avoid cuts to the Government Accountability Office.

Since President Donald Trump reentered the White House in January, his administration has, in part, been defined by its blatant effort to seize power from the legislative branch. Experts tell TPM that ...

The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday night reinstated language in the fiscal 2025 Legislative Branch spending bill blocking a cost-of-living adjustment for members of Congress, which they’ve ...

We are taught that our government is composed of three branches: executive,legislative and judicial. Purposefully designed, this division of power should provide adequate checks and balances so that ...

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft fiscal 2027 Legislative Branch spending bill on Wednesday that would slash the budget for the Government Accountability Office by nearly one-quarter ...

House Republicans passed legislation Wednesday to fund the legislative branch for fiscal 2024, as the party works to pass its remaining spending bills before a looming Nov. 17 shutdown deadline. House ...