The Legislature was back to full operations Monday after a weeklong break. However, some lawmakers had been working through ...

The Senate should not serve as a sanctuary for Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa in the event that an arrest warrant from the ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ...

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson, one of the most colorful lawmakers in recent congressional history, died Friday at age ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

The United States Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) Friday by a vote of 54 to 46 extending government funding ...

Democrats have long found the flip phone Chuck Schumer still insists on using as an endearing quirk that illustrates how ...

The most recent vacancies act, passed in 1998, exempts several independent agencies from its provisions, meaning that, in ...

The Philippine Senate said on Monday it will conduct a formal probe of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest and swift ...

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a shutdown would only strengthen Trump’s hand. They were joined by six more ...

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The Philippine Senate has called for a formal probe into the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte and his subsequent ...