Do members of congress get paid during government shutdowns? And do they get free health insurance? Let’s get to the bottom ...

The Federal Reserve System is the nation’s central bank. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1913 and consists of the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., and twelve Federal Reserve ...

The Budget Control Act, I recently discovered, is not dead. But the 1974 law, which forms the basis for Congress’s annual budgetary process, lives on in a barely recognizable new guise. Through ...

The government shutdown is over, and Congress gets back to its regular business. For banks, the biggest-ticket issues are ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case that threatens to wipe out funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and limit Congress’ ability to fund agencies outside of ...