"The filibuster will stand,” Mitch McConnell said. Is that good news or bad news for Democrats? The answer might be ...

Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th President of the United States after overperforming expectations in many swing ...

Republicans have won the Senate and are poised to maintain power in the House. That's good news for President-elect Trump and ...

Yet any policies that don’t involve taxes and spending still need a filibuster-proof majority of 60 votes to pass — and ...

If Republicans control all three institutions, questions likely will emerge of whether Republicans will seek to end the ...

Some things will be easy with likely complete control of Washington. Others will spark tough internal disputes.

With 74 days until Inauguration day, officials close to Trump say he's connected with world leaders and made a list of what ...

But most Cabinet nominations succeed when the White House and the Senate are controlled by the same party – especially since Democrats rolled back the filibuster to allow a president's picks to be ...

A Senate Republican aide said GOP leaders may use two separate budget reconciliation bills next year to get around a Democratic filibuster in the Senate, which would otherwise require mustering 60 ...

As he prepares to step aside as the GOP leader, he said he feels relieved that the party is in control of the upper chamber and will keep “guardrails” such as the filibuster in place. “One of the most ...