The Senate confirmed Paul Atkins as the next Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leader.  Atkins, a former Republican ...

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said he has been in discussions with President Donald Trump's White House to revive his bill to dismantle the Department of Education, which would codify ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to show they can act to rein in ...

Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, the “Life of the Mother Act,” or Senate Bill 31, would strike language in Texas’ post-Roe abortion ban that requires pregnant patients to have a “life-threatening ...

The Senate unanimously passed a bill Friday that aims to fix language in the government funding legislation that, if left untouched, would restrict how Washington, D.C., spends local tax dollars.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has made the legislation a priority. Critics say the proposal repeats the mistakes of the so-called “war on drugs,” which imprisoned millions of people ...

None of the amendments proposed by Senator Elizabeth Warren made it into the bill, including her proposal to limit stablecoin issuance to banking institutions. “Without changes, this bill will ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats would reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House, leaving it ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy will meet with President Trump to discuss the budget. The House passed a version of Trump's budget, but the Senate has yet to reach an agreement. Cassidy expressed support for ...

30 − taking the first step to avoid another government shutdown. Now, it’s up to the Senate to pass the bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk before the 11:59 p.m. deadline on Friday.

The Republican-led GENIUS Act saw a raft of changes after bipartisan discussions, and the Senate Banking Committee will vote on the stablecoin bill on March 13. US Senate Banking Committee is set ...

Republican South Dakota Senator Lauren Nelson lead the charge in the Senate for House Bill 1239, a bill which some argued was a threat to librarians. Debate on the measure was spirited ...