Category: Federal

  • An overview of the rules, agency documents, and notices published in the Federal Register in the last quarter of 2025

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    The federal government added 14,353 pages to the Federal Register in the last quarter of 2025, spanning from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, for an annual total of 61,584 pages. According to the publication, that's the lowest annual page count of the Federal Register since 1992. The highest annual page count hit 95,894 in 2016.…

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation leaves Georgia’s 14th Congressional District vacant

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    On Jan. 5, 2026, Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives, leaving Georgia’s 14th Congressional District vacant.  Following Greene’s announcement that she would resign, CBS News’ Joe Walsh wrote that it came “after a weekslong falling-out with President [Donald] Trump and much of her party.” In a statement, Greene wrote, “I…

  • Trump signs more Congressional Review Act resolutions in 2025 than in every previous year combined

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    On Dec. 11, President Donald Trump (R) signed five resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), bringing the total number of enacted CRA resolutions this year to 22. Trump has now signed more CRA resolutions in 2025 than all presidents in every other combined. Between his two administrations, Trump has signed 95% of…

  • Fifty members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026—the most at this point since 2018

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    Fifty members of Congress—42 representatives and eight senators—have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026. That’s the most retirement announcements at this point in an election cycle since 2018. Since our Nov. 11 update, five representatives have announced that they will not seek re-election to the U.S. House in 2026. Here are the five…

  • Trump signs resolution disapproving of Bureau of Land Management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve

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    On Dec. 5, President Trump (R) signed a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) into law, disapproving of a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plan for land administered by the BLM in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.  This resolution is the first time the CRA has been used to disapprove of…

  • Supreme Court hears arguments on limits to presidential removal power in FTC case

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    On Dec. 8, 2025 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. Slaughter. The case examines whether Congress may limit the president’s authority to remove Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners and whether courts may order reinstatement when a removal violates a statutory protection. During arguments, the justices focused primarily on how removal limits…

  • IRS requests comments on implementing the U.S. school choice tax credit scholarship

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    On Nov. 26, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury, issued a notice requesting comments regarding the implementation of the U.S. school choice tax credit scholarship (USTCS) program. The 2025 budget reconciliation bill, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), established the program when President Donald Trump (R) signed the…

  • President Donald Trump (R) and the 119th Congress saw their lowest approval ratings of Trump’s second term in November

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    At the end of Nov., approval polling averages showed President Donald Trump (R) at 42% approval, the lowest of his second term. Fifty-five percent of voters disapproved of his performance. The highest approval rating Trump has received is 54%, last seen on Jan. 22, 2025. At the end of November, congressional approval was at 20%…