The Democratic-controlled Senate in an 85-11 vote passed the bill to continue government funding 38 minutes after it expired at midnight. The government did not invoke shutdown procedures in the ...
The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, sending the defense policy bill to the White House. The legislation passed the upper chamber in a 85-14 vote, paving the way ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, hosts the Capitol Hanukkah event with ceremonial Menorah lighting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec.
U.S. senators on Wednesday broke an eight-month voting trend, as all 100 showed up to vote on pushing forward a bill that would remove restrictions on Social Security for government workers.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar had largely been expected to ascend to her party’s top spot on the Senate Ag committee, after the retirement of Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat who is the current ...
Government retirees like teachers, police and their spouses are one step closer to securing their full Social Security benefits after the U.S. Senate agreed Wednesday to hold a floor vote on the ...
WASHINGTON—The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn ...