A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in for the next two years on Wednesday, with the House and Senate ceremonies taking two starkly different tones. The House inauguration ceremony, conducted in ...

Newly in the minority, Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to advance legislation that would require federal ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Trump's defense secretary pick next Tuesday.

Four new members swore oaths of office in the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday. The occasion marks the opening day of the ...

With a GOP trifecta, 12 House Republican priority bills have a chance to become law. But the Senate will need to block off ...

Senate Republicans fear that President-elect Trump’s tax agenda could be derailed in the House by several potential landmines ...

The Senate advanced a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration Thursday as the issue comes front and center under the new Congress.

The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before ...

Washington — Sen. JD Vance will resign from his Senate seat Thursday at midnight as he prepares to become vice president later this month. Vance, who served two years of his six-year Senate term, ...

"Let's Do This!" With that, Senate President James Coleman wrapped up his opening remarks with the catchphrase that marked ...

As the Michigan House of Representatives welcomed new Republican leadership to the chamber on Wednesday, the Democratic-led ...

The Senate was scheduled to vote on the rules resolution at 1 p.m. Thursday. When the Senate convened, Republicans broke off into what became a highly charged caucus meeting. Sen. Jason Ellsworth, ...