AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File Wednesday's 100-senator vote was on a motion to advance the Social Security Fairness Act, known as H.R. 82, to an official vote. The legislation was introduced by ...

WASHINGTON—The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn ...

Washington — The Senate approved the mammoth $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, despite concern from some Democrats over a controversial policy restricting gender ...

The Senate Banking Committee has scrapped a vote to advance the renomination of Democrat and crypto-skeptic Securities and Exchange Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw to another term as Wall Street's ...

The Senate on Wednesday passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill that sparked controversy when House Speaker Mike Johnson amended the legislation with language forbidding the use of federal ...

A special sendoff after almost two decades in Washington, D.C.Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (D) will give his final speech on the Senate floor before leaving office. Brown has served as Ohio's ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) argued the bill “would ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits, simply because they chose at some point ...

Amazon is disregarding its own research that shows warehouse employees are facing an increased injury threat due to its focus on productivity, according to Senate investigators. The Senate report ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has named state Sen. Chris Cournoyer as her next lieutenant governor after Adam Gregg resigned the post earlier this year. It marks the first time Iowa will have women in ...

Nor did Rankin’s ambitions stop there. When race-baiting Senator Theodore Bilbo died, Rankin entered the special election to fill the vacancy. Rankin boldly bragged he would “out-Bilbo Bilbo.” ...

A vote to invoke cloture, or pass an agreement to limit debate, on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the Senate 63 to 7 on Monday evening. The bill now heads to a final vote later ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Incoming U.S. Senate Republican leader John Thune will face the test of his career when Donald Trump returns to power next month, as he aims to shepherd the new ...