How a Continuing Resolution Actually Keeps the Government Open
The CR is a stopgap that freezes last year's budget in place — and its fine print, not the headline date, decides what agencies can and cannot do.
Nathan BrooksGovernment
Government explains how the federal system operates day to day: appropriations and continuing resolutions, nominations and confirmations, ethics and disclosure rules, administrative procedure and inter-branch oversight. Pieces define the terms and cite governing authority. Useful for students, new staff, journalists and anyone needing procedure explained without partisanship.
How the Congressional Review Act Makes a Repeal Permanent
The statute's power is not the sixty-day clock but the clause barring an agency from ever writing the rule again.
Nathan Brooks