Facing the loss of party control of the White House and the Senate in January, Democrats began the post-election lame duck ...

The Federal Reserve Board's top payments official said the agency should not move forward with its push to lower the cap on ...

Senate Judiciary Char Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Tuesday that the possibility that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will ...

The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority began a crusade on Tuesday to confirm as many new federal judges nominated by President ...

The once and future president is pushing Republicans to systematically abdicate the Senate’s constitutional role in vetting ...

Leadership hopefuls have flirted with giving President-elect Donald Trump power to avoid the confirmation process for his ...

He previously served as House majority leader during the 2011 session. Sen. Dennis Lenz ... and the GOP’s ongoing dispute ...

President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Republicans in the running for Senate majority leadership to allow him to make ...

Wisconsin Republicans reelected Robin Vos as the speaker of the state Assembly on Tuesday, a position he has held longer than ...

Abortion-related ballot initiatives were voted on in 10 states during the election. Here is a state-by-state breakdown of ...

Wisconsin's Supreme Court debates the validity of a 175-year-old abortion ban amid contrasting modern views on women's rights ...

Several senators hoping to take over Schumer’s role as majority leader quickly expressed their support for Trump’s proposal.