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In the last 117th Congress, it was no secret in the House of               Representatives that the Democratic Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and House Republican               leader, Kevin McCar . . .

Impeachment is the ultimate political punishment, a concept the               American constitutional framers borrowed from English law governing the Houses of               Parliament. Ye . . .

The United States is in the midst of an unusual political                    time, and among the quirkier features of 2021 is the current 50–50 Senate,                    composed of . . .

Bipartisanship has left the House of Representatives, and                    virtually every vote shows this, with the blue House majority barely edging the                    Republicans . . .

Brinksmanship is nothing new when it comes to congressional                    negotiations, but this year's stalemate over raising or suspending the country’s                    deb . . .

The complex Electoral College has led American democracy                    down a fraught presidential path many times: in 1800, 1876, 2000, 2016 and most                    memorably on . . .

As televisions became a more and more popular medium in the                    1950s, Americans were allowed a wide window into the world of congressional                    hearings. In t . . .

In June 2022, Congress passed gun legislation, in the wake                    of ongoing carnage that included the deaths of ten people in a mass shooting                    targeting Blac . . .

It is the second November election ritual that takes place                    every two years, after dust settles on the midterm and presidential elections:                    the inside . . .

Over the country’s history, there have been more than                    seventy senators who represented third parties or did not identify with any                    party. In this . . .

In Spring 2023, Congress and the Biden White House were at an impasse over               whether to raise the debt limit to avoid default. The Treasury had indicated that               def . . .

Insiders and historians say the filibuster is what makes the                    Senate what it is, and different from the House. Others say that is precisely                    the problem . . .

President Joseph Biden is attempting to push through                    Congress sweeping legislation that would remake American society, measures                    compared in their brea . . .