Whether “willfully” in 2 U.S.C. § 192 – which states that anyone who is “summoned … by the authority of either House of ...

Long the most critical branch of the federal government, Congress has ceded much of its own institutional power. Here's how ...

The MSNBC host said once the government is reopened, Johnson will have to face the vote he “fears more than any vote ever ...

Citizen activism and legislative pressures helped stop US nuclear weapon testing. They will be needed again to protect the ...

Federal lawmakers can protect the American public by passing a new law to fully implement the Constitution’s oldest ...

The Senate-passed bill to end the record-long government shutdown moved to the full House for a final vote after a key House ...

The deal is now being debated by House lawmakers, where a final vote could be expected as early as Wednesday evening. So what's in the deal now? Let's VERIFY.

With the shutdown ball squarely in the Senate’s court, a fair question feels timelier than ever: Is the United States Senate what our Founders envisioned it to be — or has it fallen short of their ...

A Republican measure to keep the government funded until Nov. 21 stumbled in the Senate after clearing the House, leaving lawmakers without a clear path forward to avoid a funding lapse at the end of ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who sits on the Senate Finance Committee, has been outspoken in her frustration with President Donald Trump's blanket tariffs. In Spokane on Thursday ...

The United States senate is an institution full of traditions, including culinary ones. A particular soup recipe has been on ...