Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda Wednesday, Senate Leader John Thune convened his leadership team to navigate next steps.

Trump and Republican congressional leaders could fumble their way into a prolonged and painful shutdown of the federal ...

It was a session when the high cost of housing and closely linked issues of local government powers took central stage, as ...

Democrats who lead both chambers warned that the budget might need to be readdressed in the coming weeks, pending potential cuts to federal spending.

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) decision to conclude his storied political career marks the end of an era for Senate ...

Legislators filed nearly 2,000 bills, plus more than a 1,000 resolutions in the 2025 General Assembly session. Most died.

Despite their apparent powerlessness, Democrats can block appropriations measures with a Senate filibuster, as they could in 2018 when Republicans had a governing trifecta as well. So they have to be ...

One-party rule imperils Ohioans’ wallets and their state’s treasury (think House Bill 6, the FirstEnergy bailout, or the ...

Of the 25 priority bills Patrick identified, two had been filed before his announcement: Senate Bill 1, the state budget, and SB 2 — the controversial $1 billion school voucher program that the ...

Candidates of the administration-backed Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas pledged to secure funding for the Negros Island ...

The Virginia legislature has ended its 45-day session by addressing a slew of budget amendments ranging from tax cuts to ...

A fierce debate about the future of Medicaid is currently underway in Congress. The public health insurance program covers 1 ...