Members of the House and Senate are on their August recess following marathon sessions and ongoing pressure to confirm ...

September will bring another funding cliff for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the rest of the federal government as the two parties fight over presidential funding ‘claw-backs.’ The House and ...

With Democrats still playing hardball over confirming the rest of President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees, Republicans are ...

The battle over nominations is spelling trouble for the Senate in other areas, as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle feel ...

Senate Republicans may change filibuster rules after Chuck Schumer and the Democrats hold up President Donald Trump's nominees with an unprecedented effort.

Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask ...

Democratic congressional leaders, locked out of power, see the upcoming government funding deadline as their best chance to ...

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers have left Texas in an attempt to block the adoption of redrawn U.S. House maps sought by ...

Slotkin told NBC News that she, like many Democrats, wants nonpartisan congressional maps. But if Republicans redraw the ...

Over 140 of President Donald Trump's nominees remained pending as negotiations with Democrats fell apart, and Senate ...

The Senate is moving fiscal 2026 funding measures with ease but there is still no overall strategy in Congress.

As Congress begins its summer recess, concerns grow over its ability to pass a full-year budget by the end of September, with ...