What is plenary authority? Does the president have plenary power? Here's what to know about the Insurrection Act and what was ...

Federal employees who don't receive a paycheck during the government shutdown get paid retroactively, but that can take a ...

The judiciary isn’t supposed to be the primary check on the executive, the legislative branch is. Whatever you think about ...

Congress, which is funded by the Legislative Branch appropriations bill, is not immune from the shutdown’s effects, including ...

House Republicans’ proposal to cut nearly half of the Government Accountability Office’s budget could result in Congress missing out on billions of dollars of savings, Democrats argued on Monday. The ...

In our constitutional system, Congress is meant to be the supreme branch of government and any claims of 'coequal' branches ...

Nearly every corner of the federal government will feel the pain in some way if a compromise isn’t reached by Oct. 1.

The unofficial fifth branch of government is composed of so-called self-regulatory organizations. It needs to go.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and ...