A direct challenge to the law would prompt a legal fight that would very likely be decided by the Supreme Court and threaten ...

Lawmakers in the Washington Legislature spent the past week and a half passing bills off the House and Senate floors ahead of ...

After the top Democrat in the Senate said he would vote to advance the GOP-led funding bill, other party members erupted over ...

The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to ...

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps, has died. He was 93. Video above: ...

The Senate will vote Friday on a temporary budget to prevent a government shutdown. Democrats are divided on the issue.

Following Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) announcement that he would help pass the House’s far-right spending ...

This move marks a significant concession from Schumer, who reversed his stance just one day after promising that Democrats would block the GOP measure. As a result, the bill is now poised to secure ...

House Democrats issued an urgent plea to their colleagues in the Senate Friday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ...

Alan Simpson, an old school moderate Republican senator who helped craft major U.S. immigration reform in 1986 and made friends across the aisle, died on Friday in Cody, Wyoming, his family said in a ...