After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

Backers of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed “bell-to-bell” ban on the use of smartphones in schools are flunking Democrats in the ...

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

REPORT It’s Wednesday. Can you believe it was five years ago this week that COVID-19 began to shut down the world? Walt ...

The Louisiana senator has been tapped to consult with the president on a strategy for avoiding a federal default.

The West Virginia Senate passed a bill Tuesday that members hope will send a strong message to those peddling drugs laced with fentanyl. The Senate passed Senate Bill 196, Lauren’s Law, in a 32-1 vote ...

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.

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

Gov. Ron DeSantis used of millions of dollars in state money to battle abortion and marijuana ballot measures last year. Now ...

The Legislature has passed both a House and Senate redistricting plan, leaving 15 legislative districts up for reelection in ...

Democrats in the Missouri Senate started a filibuster Wednesday afternoon to protest a wide-ranging public safety measure ...

The Republican proposal would replace Iowa's Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund with a fund dedicated to lowering property taxes.