From her time in Congress and particularly as Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi said she has found it is easier for ...

At Harry Truman’s public declaration of war last week, the Congress scarcely batted an eye. Senators and Representatives, home for the holidays, listened to their radios without visible fear or ...

The president should announce the special session, lay out the agenda — and as Harry Truman did when he recalled Congress in the summer of 1948, challenge the Republicans to do “what they are ...

Actually, Truman told friends, after he pays his $30,000 income tax, he averages about $80 a week take-home pay. This week Congress raised the President’s salary from $75,000 to $100,000.

As President Truman’s secretary of state and thus one ... only Eisenhower met the standard in both houses of Congress for most of his foreign-policy positions. Even after 9/11, George W.

This week the 81st Congress opened on a prayer and expressions of harmony which everybody understood were not to be held binding on those who expressed them. In the House, outgoing Speaker Joe ...

More people saw Harry Truman being sworn in that day than had witnessed all previous presidential inaugurations combined. However, there was a bad mistake. And not surprisingly, it was Congress ...

President Truman today made known in his budget message to the Congress that aid to Israel will be provided during the fiscal year of 1953. The exact amount of allocations to individual countries ...

The 80th Congress returned to Washington this week ... For a while, it would be Harry Truman’s prerogative to keep the Republican congressional majority on the defensive. In rapid succession ...

More people saw Harry Truman being sworn in that day than had witnessed all previous presidential inaugurations combined. However, there was a bad mistake. And not surprisingly, it was Congress’ fault ...