The No. 4 Democrat in the House is egging on Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster as each side blames the other for the ...

Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote ...

In a social media post, the far-right Georgia congresswoman called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, ...

The government shut down began at midnight on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown were fading Friday as Republicans and Democrats dug in for ...

Congress was no step closer to ending the government shutdown after the Senate rejected, for the fifth time, plans to reopen ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune at the Capitol on Sept. 9. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images file) WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders have made consequential moves this year to weaken or end-run ...

It was a full-on nuclear explosion. Just like the Pacific Testing Grounds near the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia. But this political blast tore through the Senate chamber. In November 2013, ...

Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded Friday as Democrats refused to budge in a Senate vote and President ...

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after ...