In the early years of the U.S., single committees in the House and the Senate handled the budget, which consisted entirely of discretionary spending. While not without controversy, this centralized, streamlined budget authority enabled the legislature to regularly pass balanced budgets, except in ti...
The board of governors includes several subcommittees with their chairs and vice chairs. These are the committees on board affairs; consumer and community affairs; economic and monetary affairs; financial stability; Federal Reserve Bank affairs; supervision and regulation; payments, clearing, and settlem...
Washington —The Senate approved a $95 billion foreign aid package last month, with a bipartisan group of senators backing the bill that includes assistance to Ukraine and Israel. But House Speaker Mike Johnson has opposed bringing the measure to the floor, resisting calls from President Biden and...
Despite pervasive challenges to regulate UPF consumption in the face of contemporary corporate power dynamics, a small precedent of success has been set by a handful of countries in the adoption of UPF regulatory policies. Most of these countries are in Latin America, where UPF consumption has gro...
and pushes U.S. agricultural support close to crazy European levels. Bush said the step was necessary to "promote farmer independence and preserve the farm way of life for generations". It is also designed to help the Republican Party win control of the Senate in November's mid term election...
Just because “the Apotheosis of Washington” is painted on the interior of the Capitol dome doesn’t mean anyone and everyone elected to the Senate or House becomes a “god” for what they believe is service to this nation. There are a bunch of demoniacs sworn to uphold and defend a ...
We believe this is one reason why there is so little turnover in Congress; in the 1984 national elections, for instance, 95 percent of all incumbents in the House and Senate were re-elected. Tax-funded politics, along with the proliferation of subcommittees and congressional staff and the ...
the Church, Christendom, Nigeria, Africa and indeed the world. I just give God thanks for giving me the privilege of knowing this extraordinary man who did such great exploits in the name of the Lord, who put so many smiles on so many faces and who did so much ...
I may seem a little idealistic here but while visiting the Senate’s and House of Representative’s offices I definitely had the feeling that constituents, experts, stakeholders and staffers were coming together to share information in an effort to help inform the legislators. All our meetings ...