But lawmakers still managed to hold over 1,000 roll call votes between the Senate and the House of Representatives, giving us a trove of data to dissect and analyze. While many of those votes were on procedural measures or relatively minor, non-controversial legislation, some were important en...
In the rare event that there's atie in the Electoral College— which in the modern era would mean each candidate wins 269 electoral votes — members of the newly elected House of Representatives would decide the outcome of the presidential election, while the Senate would select the vice presi...
In addition to Johnson, Clinton and Trump, only one other U.S. president has faced formal impeachment inquiries in the House of Representatives:Richard Nixon. Many other presidents have been threatened with impeachment by political foes without gaining any real traction in Congress. ...
The Admissions Clause states that, while Congress has the power to admit new states into the Union, they could not be formed from states that already exist without the consent of said states. House of Representatives in 1886. Because of this, a state could not be divided into multiple states...
While many Americans struggle to save forretirement, elected representatives and senators in the United States Congress receive substantial pension benefits for life. Though Congressional retirement pay is not typically a big election-year issue, it might serve as evidence of a disconnect between la...
But our point scale is already quite complex, and we don’t want to make too many one-off exceptions. Below is the number of potential Republican endorsers in each category as of April 18, 2023, including both Republican and independent potential endorsers, except independents who are de ...
The vice chair for supervision is required to appear before the Senate and the House of Representatives. The vice chair for supervision is also required at semiannual hearings to discuss “efforts, activities, objectives, and plans” of the board.6 ...
Brad Bannon, president of a U.S. political consultancy, put it bluntly, "The impasse in the U.S. House of Representatives over the election of the Speaker is another demonstration of the decline in our political institutions.”
Brad Bannon, president of a U.S. political consultancy, put it bluntly, "The impasse in the U.S. House of Representatives over the election of the Speaker is another demonstration of the decline in our political institutions.”
In February 2023, Congress re-introduced the National Right to Work Act. It would give employees nationwide the choice to opt-out of joining or paying dues to unions.6The Act was also introduced in 2019 and 2017 but was stalled.78