Politics Nov 18

A temporary government-wide funding bill would forestall a shutdown and give negotiators through Dec. 20 to try to hash out details of more than $1.4 trillion worth of unfinished spending legislation.

Politics Oct 31

A sense of optimism in the aftermath of a July budget and debt deal has yielded to pessimism now, and the poisonous political fallout from the ongoing impeachment battle isn't helping matters.

Politics Oct 13

Impeachment may have leapfrogged to the top of the national agenda, but members of Congress still have their day jobs as legislators, and they're returning to Washington this coming week with mixed hopes of success.

Politics Oct 10

The first woman to lead the powerful House Appropriations Committee and a 31-year veteran of Congress announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of next year.

Politics Sep 27

The measure signed Friday buys additional time for lawmakers to work to unclog a $1.4 trillion bundle of yearly spending bills that is hung up amid fights over Trump's border wall and abortion.

Politics Sep 26

The measure would buy additional time for lawmakers to unclog yearly spending bills amid fights over President Donald Trump's border wall and abortion.

Politics Sep 25

Trump is expected to veto the bill that would block him from using the budget for construction projects on military bases to pay for his border wall.

Nation Sep 24

The wall money is contained in a $71 billion draft funding bill that cleared its first, easiest hurdle in a Senate panel on Tuesday.

Politics Sep 19

The House has passed significantly broader election security legislation, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell opposes the measure and has discouraged the Senate Rules Committee from acting on a companion bill.

Politics Sep 10

The Senate's top Democrat intends to force a vote to block President Donald Trump from using special emergency powers to transfer money from military base construction projects like new schools to pay for new fences along the U.S.-Mexico border.