How Congress Works
How the Federal Appropriations Process Works
The federal appropriations process is the annual procedure through which Congress allocates funding for the operations of the United States government.
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The federal appropriations process is the annual procedure through which Congress allocates funding for the operations of the United States government.
Congressional committees are the workhorses of the United States Congress, responsible for reviewing legislation, conducting oversight of the executive bra...
The Senate confirmation process is the constitutional mechanism through which the United States Senate reviews and approves or rejects presidential appoint...
The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives and is second in the presidential line of succession, after...
The process by which a bill becomes a law in the United States is defined by the Constitution and shaped by centuries of congressional procedure.
Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing electoral district boundaries in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage over the other.
The debt ceiling, also known as the debt limit, is the maximum amount of money that the United States Treasury is authorized to borrow to meet the governme...
A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass appropriations legislation or a continuing resolution to fund federal government operations, resul...
A continuing resolution, commonly referred to as a CR, is a temporary spending measure passed by Congress to fund the federal government when the regular a...
Cloture is the procedural mechanism in the United States Senate used to end debate on a matter and bring it to a vote.