Assessment of governing programs against the machinery available to enact them. Pieces separate measures achievable by executive action from those requiring legislation, price them against fiscal rules, and identify the veto points ahead. Read by legislative staff, lobbyists, journalists and researchers tracking implementation.
The Congressional Review Act runs on several clocks at once. Here is what each one counts, why the Senate needs only 51 votes, and what a disapproved rule can never become.
Alexandria Lucas · August 20, 2026
Congress holds the tariff power, has delegated slices of it under conditions — Section 232, Section 301, IEEPA — and the courts are now policing the map of what was delegated.
Alexandria Lucas · July 23, 2026
The Secretary of Health and Human Services can approve anything that «promotes the objectives» of Medicaid — a phrase that lets each administration's policy preferences reach the states, five years at a time.
Alexandria Lucas · June 30, 2026
The documents differ in formality and publication, not in legal force — all three bind only the executive branch, and none can amend a statute.
Alexandria Lucas · June 7, 2026
Since 2021 House members request funded projects in public letters, capped at 1 percent of discretionary spending, with conflict-of-interest certifications and ban on for-profit recipients.
Asha Venkataswamy · May 16, 2026