Unfortunately, despite a vast expansion of executive branch authority, Congress seems prepared to let partisan advantage trump comity, cooperation and the public’s right to know. And with ...

While Congress takes its August break, it’s a good time to review how it makes decisions about policies designed to improve the lives of Americans, including the poor. One key source of information is ...

The public is exhausted, and rightfully so. We are witnessing a systemic failure of our federal government, driven by a ...

House and Senate committees next week will hold hearings on the “The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.” The hearings will mark the first time that Trump Administration ...

There are 13 members of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Nine of them are men. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, they will be talking about vaginal estrogen and hot flashes, OB-GYN training and ...

Republicans on a Senate committee have voted to refer Dr. Anthony Fauci to the Department of Justice for contempt of Congress after he asserted his Fifth Amendment right to avoid answering the panel's ...

As a scholar who spent decades using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and archives studying Cold War CIA operations, it was with great interest that I watched yesterday’s US House Committee on ...

Dr. Heidi Overton is appearing before a Senate committee on Thursday for her confirmation hearing as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

All eyes in Washington, D.C., will be on former FBI Director James Comey as he testifies today in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russia's alleged interference in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Congressional hearings are supposed to educate the public and provide information that Congress needs to legislate effectively and ...