Washington's debt limit troubles are unlikely to be resolved with passage of the short-term...
Passage would be a major victory for Schumer, Biden and a bipartisan group of senators who spent months...
The massive infrastructure package, a goal that has eluded Congress for years, is a top legislative priority...
The bill does not include funding for most climate change and social initiatives that Democrats aim to...
The bipartisan bill is a key component of Biden's larger domestic policy agenda
The bill must pass the House of Representatives to be sent to the White House for Biden to sign into...
The bill cleared the initial hurdle with a bipartisan vote of 92-6
Final bill includes $400 billion in one-time payments of $1,400 to most Americans
Democrats and progressives had hoped to include the minimum wage increase in the legislation to help...
He claimed credit for McConnell's own win of another six-year term representing Kentucky in the Senate,...
Trump has escaped once more, but the battle is far from over
In the vote, seven of the 50 Senate Republicans joined the chamber’s unified Democrats in favoring...
'Shelby says he’s seen three of these [impeachments] and this is the craziest'
Convicting the former president will require a two-thirds majority in the 50-50 Senate
A group of Republican senators met with the president on Monday in an effort to find common ground on...
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden called Yellen an 'exceptional economist' who is 'supremely qualified'...
If Trump is convicted, the Senate could bar him from holding office again
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the agreement between Schumer and McConnell was 'fair to all...
The Democratic Party regains control of all-important US Senate after its candidates surprisingly won...
Raphael Warnock to become Georgia's first Black US senator
The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Monday approved the direct payments in a 275-134