Congress

The majority of the Senate want to increase the federal minimum wage. However, 42 Republicans refuse to allow a debate on the issue, and more.

In a recent hearing on dark money, some very smart people shared their thoughts about big money's corrupting influence on our democracy, and what might be done to limit …

Five years of Obama drone strikes, at least 2,500 people in their graves, and none of the transparency promised has materialized.

This week, the House Ways and Means Committee is poised to demonstrate exactly how the rules are rigged.

As President Obama departs on his long-delayed trip to Asia, his job-killing trade agenda is being blocked by “fast track” bills that ironically were supposed to railroad trade agreements …

George Republican Rep. Jack Kingston said he would oppose a proposal from President Obama for S10 million in CDC gun research funding.

Tom Engelhardt: In Washington today, knowledge is the only crime. That's a political reality of the twenty-first century.

To respond to a week of triple catastrophe - a UN climate change report, the Ryan budget, the McCutcheon decision - it is crucial to confront and decode our …

Based on Brennan Center proposal, bill would restore voting rights to 4.4 million Americans.

The Obama administration has been criticized for not pressing Congress for ratification with sufficient urgency.