U.S. Senate Majority Leader aims to end debate on RFK Jr. nomination. What 'cloture' means
U.S. Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand voted against RFK Jr.'s nomination for DHHS Feb. 6. Another ...
Senate Breakfast Club wields gavel power in new GOP majority
Nearly every member of the Breakfast Club, an informal band of fiscal hawks, was doled out a chairmanship at the start of the ...
Leader Thune backs Senate GOP bid to speed past House on Trump budget plan
S.D., has come out in support of a Senate GOP effort to move out in front of their House colleagues on the crucial budget ...
GOP fight over Medicaid cuts stalls Trump agenda in the House as Senate forges ahead
As GOP hardliners spent the weekend pushing party leaders to cut deeper into Medicaid in an effort to advance Donald Trump’s ...
How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to 'yes' on RFK Jr. and Gabbard
Washington – Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees has been worn down, putting his ...
The Senate gives Trump his Cabinet — and their compliance
Donald Trump is back, and it sure isn’t 2017 anymore in the Senate. Two of the president’s most controversial nominees are on a glide path to confirmation later this week. That caps off a notable ...
South Dakota majority leader says education savings account bill wouldn’t pass Senate
The state Senate majority leader says his chamber doesn’t have the votes to support school choice bills this year.
Senate GOP unveils $340B budget plan with Trump’s deportation and defense funds, as House stalls
House Republicans have missed another deadline to produce a massive budget package of tax cuts and slashed spending.