On Thursday, Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) called up votes on Douglas Weaver to fill the last open seat on the Nuclear ...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee last week unanimously advanced Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) ...
Republicans’ plans to fast-track the budget bill hit a speedbump when the Senate parliamentarian determined that changes to how states can tax Medicaid providers do not comply with rules to pass the ...
Activists with the Poor People's Campaign protest against spending reductions across Medicaid, food stamps and federal aid in President Donald Trump's spending and tax bill being worked on by Senate ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had ...
Washington — Senate Republicans took the first steps to change the chamber’s rules on Thursday, moving to make it easier to confirm groups of President Donald Trump’s nominees after last-minute ...
A Senate official continues to pick apart President Donald Trump’s priority bill, ruling against including gun silencer deregulation and other measures in the legislation as GOP leaders struggle to ...
Senate Republicans aren’t ready to go "nuclear" again to change the rules around the Senate filibuster as Senate Democrats dig deeper against the GOP’s push to reopen the government. Senate Majority ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are considering changing Senate rules to speed up confirmation of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees. The move forces a possible clash with ...
This isn’t the first time Sen. Terence Everitt has drawn the ire of Republicans in control of the legislature.