It’s awfully hard to wrap your mind around a sum that large. But converting it to a more bite-size representation can affect a voter’s willingness to support government spending.
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Economists estimate the tax on households worth over $50 million could bring in $3 trillion over 10 years, but it will run into constitutional challenges.
In 1974, Congress invented the reconciliation process to reduce deficits. More recently, reconciliation has been used in ways that increase the deficit. A public policy scholar explains the process.
The federal minimum wage’s purchasing power has rarely been lower since it created in 1938 as part of the New Deal.
Reports from baby food companies show questionable levels of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals. Here’s what parents need to know.
The idea that Washington, DC is paralyzed by gridlock rests on half-truths about the legislative process and a basic misunderstanding of how contemporary policymaking works.
When far-right and far-left politicians get most of the media attention, it hurts democracy.
Endless filibustering has paralysed the US Senate, and with it all of Congress. Will this form of obstructionism be one of the main challenges facing Biden, as some Democrats fear?
In the early 19th century, the British – who had invented impeachment centuries before – decided it no longer served its purpose. Instead, they found a more effective way to handle a bad leader.
Politicians say they want it, but how often, and under what circumstances, does bipartisanship really happen?
The US Supreme Court is often less insulated from partisan politics than many Americans assume.
When presidents have tried to address pressing issues through executive action, members of Congress are quick to ask the courts to step in.
To repair the public’s dwindling trust in the federal government, politicians must recommit to the impartial cooperation that bolsters political institutions.
Donald Trump is now the subject of a second impeachment trial. Although Democrats were initially optimistic, it is unlikely to succeed given the position of Republicans.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was first used against Confederate leaders after the Civil War to expel seditionist politicians. Now it could be used against Donald Trump.
Executive orders aren’t as unilateral as they seem. Here’s how government keeps them in check.
Since 1953, the economy has only rarely been in recession when a Democrat was in the White House.
The Trump administration used this shortcut liberally in 2017, but its potential pitfalls and impact raise a question: Should Congress repeal it?
Senate Republicans must now decide whether to convict the president — an unlikely outcome. But even if they do, purging Trump from the party will prove more difficult.
In his January 6 speech in Washington DC, Donald Trump urged his supporters to force their way onto Capitol Hill, is a perfect compendium of his inflammatory populist rhetoric.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Dickinson Law, Penn State
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Visiting associate professor, Wayne State University
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Professor of Public Policy (retired), University of Virginia
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College
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Professor American Politics, Political Science, Georgia State University
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Professor, Political Science Department, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Political Science, Drake University
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Associate Professor of Law, Santa Clara University
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Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
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Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science and Public Policy, Brown University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Research Specialist, the Miller Center, University of Virginia
