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

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

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

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.

Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray announced the chamber won't reconvene in December, due to a lack of support for ...

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 ...

Dale Romans, pitching himself as an independent-minded Democrat in the mold of Joe Manchin, will try to win a seat for the ...

House Republicans blast a last-minute provision in the Senate-passed government funding bill allowing senators to sue over ...

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