Nearly all Americans agree that Congress has become a sad joke — a blight of irritating gnats. How exciting, then, that a consultant to top Republican lawmakers has figured out how to make Congress better. Ready? Raise the members' pay! Golly, why didn't ...

In a messaging frenzy, lawmakers are floating proposals aimed at how federal pay is handled during a shutdown, including their own.

This is not a Democratic Party proposal or a Republican Party proposal. It is an American proposal,' columnist Fred McKinney writes.

Congressional term limits are gaining momentum as a solution to public distrust in Congress. Term limits would restrict House members to three terms (six years) and Senators to two terms (12 years). This change aims to increase accountability and ...

ET on Wednesday, Oct. 1, nonessential federal agencies that rely on congressional funding will be put on hold and hundreds of thousands of government workers may be furloughed without pay or dismissed entirely.

At some point on Wednesday evening, the Senate is likely to approve a bill trimming the federal budget by about $9 billion—though the exact total could change as amendments are offered on the Senate floor. On one hand, this is a laudable and semi ...

The late, great economist and historian of the Federal Reserve, Allan Meltzer – whose three-volume history of the Fed stands alone as a magisterial, meticulous analysis of Fed decision making &n

Cawthorn is running for Florida's 19th congressional seat, which will soon be vacated as Byron Donalds runs for governor.