Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we reflect on the just-ended Department of Homeland Security funding impasse, we face a familiar problem. Such shutdowns occur ...

Senators are not thrilled with a top White House official's comments that the government funding process should become more partisan, and fear that doing so could erode Congress’ power of the purse.

During the coming summer months, Congress will focus its attention on the appropriations process—an annual exercise that, ideally, ends with a determination of funding for the federal government for ...

A handful of farm policy lobbyists say the debate to fund the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration could offer them insight into how the politics of Capitol Hill might shape the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) praised the House Appropriations Committee for following the Science Committee’s lead in pushing for a doubling of the ...

The U.S. Catholic bishops are calling on Congress to move forward appropriations that promote families, protect unborn children, and support women. In a May 4 letter to Congress, Bishop Daniel Thomas ...