Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland introduced a bill that would have paid all federal workers. It didn't pass. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Van Hollen about the stalemate in Congress.

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He ended his speech at 5 p.m. It lasted 22 hours and 36 minutes, falling short of fellow Democratic Sen. Cory Booker's record ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley's overnight remarks ending early Wednesday evening put him in the top tier of lengthy floor speeches in the chamber's history.

Democrats have rallied against a proposed U.S. House map by North Carolina Republicans in Raleigh. The new map seeks to stop ...

The new map offered by Republican legislative leaders seeks to stop the reelection of Democratic Rep. Don Davis.

Congressional Democrats continued their Capitol protest for a second straight day to have Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva ...

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House GOP veterans are pressing Senate Democrats who also served in the military to support Republicans' federal funding bill and end the government shutdown. U.S. troops are ...

Donald Trump has made politics into a dystopian reality show he loves to host, but Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are playing by the old rules — and the mismatch may cause ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is showing no sign of backing away from his current tactic of pressing Democrats to vote for a stopgap government funding bill. Watch the news conference in the video ...