Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...

Major Acts: British seizure of American seamen pushed James Madison to ask Congress for a declaration of war in June 1812. The United States entered the conflict without a strong military.

The vast majority were in the north, leading Virginians like James Madison to fear loss ... like Pennsylvania, where the Continental Congress had first met. The second issue did not spring ...

James Madison suggested the idea of developing a congressional library at the new capital Washington City. Before that, the capital was located in Philadelphia and New York City.

James Madison ... As president, Madison helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party of Jeffersonian ideals. He asked Congress to declare war on Britain in 1812, and the war began so badly ...