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The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to post “In God We Trust” in every classroom – from elementary school to college – the author of the bill claimed to be following a long-held tradition of displaying the national motto, most notably on U.S. currency.

Only one Texan, Rep. Pete Sessions, remains in the race for House Speaker. Republicans will hear from the candidates Monday night as they try to fill the job following U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s failure to win a majority.

Arrington and Williams expressed their interest after the House Republican Conference voted in a closed door meeting to drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker. Sessions announced his run shortly after.

A handful of Texas Republicans back the Ohio Republican’s speaker bid after initially backing the former frontrunner, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise

WASHINGTON — The annual Congressional Baseball Game provides a chance for the grown men and women who lead the nation to dress up and play make believe like they’re real-life major leaguers.

The Republicans beat the Democrats 16-6 in the Congressional Baseball Game, an event raising money for local charities.

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Forty years after marches and a hunger strike threat led to a dedicated Cymraeg channel, the launch of a Cardiff crime caper shows drama from Wales has come into its own

"This resolution is ... about laying the groundwork to cut Social Security and Medicare," warned Rep. Mark Pocan

Republican Rep. George Santos of New York has told GOP colleagues he is temporarily stepping down from his two congressional committees