List of U.S. Congress articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congress and the Coming Budget ‘Punt’ You Can Count On
Why the Republican-dominated Congress isn’t going to pass the appropriations bills we need to actually run the government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lindsey Graham: Iranian Regime Run by ‘Religious Nazis’
Sen. Lindsey Graham says Iranian regime is run by "religious Nazis."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ahead of Trump’s Rally, Obama Gets Enough Votes To Block GOP’s Rejection of Iran Nuclear Deal
A day ahead of Trump's anti-Iran rally Obama wins enough votes to block a vote on a disapproval resolution.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cash-Strapped Puerto Rico Wins a Temporary Financial Reprieve
Puerto Rico got a financial lifeline when its creditors agreed to take a 15 percent haircut.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Arizona Lawmaker Under Fire for Telling Kids There are Schools for Suicide Bombers
An Arizona lawmaker upset parents when he told students there are schools for suicide bombers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the U.S. Ready for an Endless War Against the Islamic State?
Top generals predict the fight against ISIS will last more than a decade. It’s not a message the White House or Congress wants to hear.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Public Advocates Accuse House Ethics Committee of Undermining House Ethics
Public Citizen wants the House Ethics Committee to release an independent report a trip by U.S. lawmakers to Azerbaijan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran Still Weighing on Carter as He Grapples With Brain Cancer
The former president says he would have been reelected if a botched 1980 hostage rescue mission had succeeded and took a gentle swipe at the Obama administration.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 These 8 Democrats Are AIPAC’s Best Chances of Killing the Iran Deal
The pro-Israel lobbying giant is running out of Democrats who might be willing to help slow Obama's Iran nuclear deal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 As Expected, Menendez Announces Opposition to Iran Deal
Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey announced his opposition to the Iran deal on Tuesday, becoming the second Senate Democrat to challenge the White House’s principal foreign-policy initiative -- but giving opponents of the pact little reason to be optimistic that they can derail it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Get a Better Deal With Iran
Don't listen to the naysayers. Congress can still force Iran back to the negotiating table — and the world will be a safer place for it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kerry: There Is No ‘Better’ Iran Deal
Rejecting critics who say the United States should simply re-negotiate a “better deal” with Iran over its nuclear program, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday such a proposal is naive and based on a misreading of the last decade of diplomatic efforts to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Multilateralism Met Realism — and Tried to Make an Iran Deal
The current debate offers a bonanza of lessons for IR students on how their theories are applied outside the classroom and why sometimes even the most rigorous theorist needs to compromise.