“I commend the Congress for this landmark legislation,” Nixon said. “… This bill will allow the Congress to step up to full and equal responsibility for controlling Federal expenditures.” President ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s budget chief suggested Thursday that he doesn’t need Congress or the Constitution to force through massive cuts to federal spending, hinting that more such cuts ...

We need fundamental budget reform in this country. A two-year budget cycle with automatic funding when legislators fail to ...

This year has, unfortunately, provided some excellent illustrations of Congress’s dysfunction. We are currently emerging from a record-long shutdown. Senate Democrats filibustered funding in a doomed ...

As Congress begins its summer recess, concerns grow over its ability to pass a full-year budget by the end of September, with bipartisan cooperation needed to avoid a government shutdown. Members of ...

A bipartisan bill would withhold pay from members of Congress if they fail to pass a budget on time. Congress has not passed all required spending bills on time since 1996. Due to the 27th Amendment, ...

On October 1, 2025 the United States federal government “shut down.” This is not the first time it has happened. In the last 30 years there have been four shutdowns that have lasted at least a week. A ...

Dec 29, 2020; Washington, DC, USA; Exterior views of the U.S. Capitol dome. Mandatory Credit: Andrew P. Scott-USA TODAY Andrew P. Scott USA TODAY NETWORK There is much to be done in Kentucky — at ...

For most of American history, government shutdowns didn’t exist — they are a relatively recent phenomenon born of broken budget procedures and a broken political environment. Shutdowns as we know them ...