"This amendment creates a narrow, commonsense check to ensure the pardon power is used fairly and responsibly regardless of who occupies the White House" The post Republican Joins With Dems on ...

Republicans in Congress have been making behind-the-scenes efforts to pass major domestic legislation via the federal budget process. They include potential cuts to Medicaid and extending the 2017 ...

Three Republicans defected to vote down an arcane procedural rule that would have made it impossible for the House to vote on ...

In June of 2025, President Donald J. Trump directed US aircraft to drop 30,000 pound bombs on nuclear facilities in Iran. Some legislators in Congress and some media complained that this was a ...

This publication has for years urged Congress to take back the authority over tariffs that it needlessly delegated to the executive branch. Some legislators have introduced legislation to do so, but ...

Article I, section 8 of the Constitution defines the powers of Congress, including the power to tax and regulate trade, including tariff policy. The Constitution does not give the president the power ...

I’m struck by how much power the Constitution gives to Congress without any real limitations: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States,” reads Article ...

President Donald Trump is on a tariff spree — and it's unclear if Congress will try to stop him even as it has the potential power to do so. Trump unveiled a nearly global tariff regime on Wednesday, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charlie Hunt, Boise State University (THE CONVERSATION) Republicans in Congress have ...