If vetoed, the Legislature can vote to overturn the governor’s decision, but it would take a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate. Last year, for example, 1,959 bills were filed and 269 bills ...

Oklahoma legislators will have more than 5,000 bills and joint resolutions to consider when they return to the Capitol for ...

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The 2025 Colorado Legislative session has concluded, and, as always, there were plenty of bills impacting criminal justice. While the passage of bills is the purview of our state representatives and ...

No vote was taken on 19 of the 20 bills endorsed by Climate Action Rhode Island because nothing comes to a vote without approval from the Senate president or the House speaker. That’s how our ...

Senate appropriators approved their fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch bill Thursday, which would boost spending for Congress by roughly 5 percent and avoid cuts to the Government Accountability Office.

Republicans say their massive domestic policy agenda is too big to fail. On the other hand, they quietly acknowledge, it might be too big for voters to understand. “I’ll tell you, vampires are hard to ...

If members of the House demand changes to the legislation the Senate has passed, the two chambers will have to work out their differences in what could be a prolonged negotiation, potentially killing ...

Linda J. Bilmes served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Commerce from 1997-1998 and as CFO and Assistant Secretary for Management, Budget and Administration from 1999-2001. The ...

The Department of Transportation will accept public comments to gather feedback from transportation stakeholders on the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization legislation. The current ...

George Caldwell is a correspondent for The Daily Signal. Send an email to George. In the coming weeks, Congress could decide whether government funding is set by traditional bipartisan spending bills, ...