The speaker can only afford to lose one Republican before a second defection would defeat the bill if all members are voting ...

Washington has until the late spring or summer to raise the borrowing limit past its $36 trillion cap, setting up a test with economy-reverberating consequences for Republicans.

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a struggle i ...

The Senate minority leader finds himself sharply at odds with many members of his caucus, fellow Democrats in the House and liberal activists.

Sinema and then-West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin were the two Democratic senators to prevent the filibuster from being axed.

D.C. is expected to avoid $1.1 billion in sudden cuts after last-minute heroics in the Senate on Friday. Why it matters: ...

It is a cruel irony for Schumer. Almost exactly eight months ago, he was the one sitting down with Joe Biden at the ...

Unlike in Trump’s first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

The governor's influence is rising in the Democratic party, as she shifts from low-key resistance to full-on protest over Trump's punitive slashing of federal funds ...

Such nostalgia can include favorable feelings for three Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices who, over the course of ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro this week said plugging leaking abandoned wells reduces methane emissions, creates jobs, protects public health and opens up opportunities for rural communities. Shapiro and ...