Former CNN analyst Chris Cillizza said that some Democrats have surrendered and pledged support for Republicans’ spending ...

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...

Here's a look at what happened in the U.S. government this week: The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday, hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to ...

The Senate is giving final approval to a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers.

Democrats voiced frustration that Republicans went ahead with a measure they said included little input from them.

Relatives and colleagues remember former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming as a figure who was "gifted in crossing party lines." ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) brushed off questions surrounding his leadership and defended his decision to ...

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

Another round of ping-pong over Louisiana's congressional map is set to begin as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments over the years-long legal battle.

A plain-spoken lawmaker from Wyoming, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, gay ...

House Democratic leaders are slated to hold a press conference as their counterparts in the Senate face down a nail-biter vote on government funding. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) ...

Relatives are remembering former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming as 'an uncommonly generous man' who was 'gifted in ...