During the rise of the GOP “Tea Party” on Capitol Hill, conservative members of Congress proudly displayed pocket Constitutions in their suit jackets. The all-important power to raise and spend public money was granted to Congress in Article One of the U.S. Constitution as the ultimate check on executive power. Congress makes the laws — […]
Author Archives: Karen Dolan
Karen Dolan directs the Criminalization of Race and Poverty Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She wrote this for InsideSources.com.
