The Senate is debating a fiscal blueprint that would pave the way for part of President Trump’s domestic policy agenda, while ...

There’s understandable confusion over Capitol Hill lingo discussing the budget process and appropriations/spending process — ...

It is right there, as clear as day in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, that the legislature controls the money.

Senator Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that the law clearly states only Congress can shutter the CFPB, setting up a ...

This is the process that Republicans are ... agencies to spend each fiscal year on their programs. Congress is supposed to pass 12 annual appropriations bills — also known as spending or ...

"That's how our system works." When asked whether she would be open to bringing the CFPB into the Congressional appropriations process to try to stabilize the agency and keep it operational ...

The CFPB's unusual governance structure—made up of a single director (who can initially only be fired for cause) and funding outside the normal congressional appropriations process—has been a ...

If Congress fails to pass full-year appropriations or another CR, the government will shut down. April 15: Congress must (notionally) pass a budget resolution to trigger the reconciliation process.

Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the ...