Legislative data is only the beginning to understanding what Congress does and how it works. That’s why earlier this month GovTrack.us launched GovTrack Insider, a blog on Medium covering Congress’s daily activities. Each […] More

This post is by Brad Setser and Rachel Ziemba of RGE Monitor A score of recent reports have put the total assets managed by sovereign wealth funds at around $3 […] More

The Supreme Court’s ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) will allow unprecedented amounts of money to flow directly into our political system. Here’s what you need to know. Not […] More

CNN Tells Viewers It’s Illegal For Them To Read Wikileaks Document Dumps. CNN Is Wrong from the you’re-not-helping dept I cut the cord years ago, so the only time I […] More

Remember when Senator Baucus, a Democrat, said Obamacare was going to be a “giant train wreck”? Well… The warning to consumers from Tavenner, the former administration official who headed the […] More

Pres. Obama has continued a decades long practice with appointing big political donors to top ambassadorships around the world. Photo Courtesy: U.S. State Department. How would you like a job […] More

The Dallas branch of the IRS’ Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division branch is housed within this building downtown. Google Maps The Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas is […] More

Rob Crandall/Shutterstock November 19, 2015 — On November 17, 2015, the Senate passed joint resolutions S.J.Res.23 and S.J.Res.24, each by an identical vote of 52-46. These resolutions block Environmental Protection […] More