Then-Democratic leader Harry Reid first took a major swipe at the filibuster in 2013 with the “nuclear option,” eliminating the filibuster for virtually all presidential nominations. Republicans ...

The Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, sent a letter on Monday to the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey Jr., expressing ...

Senate Democrats voted to avoid a shutdown but at the cost of throwing their House counterparts under the bus and enabling ...

Senate clears path to avoid a government shutdown despite Democratic opposition - The vote puts Senate Minority Leader Chuck ...

All but one Republican senator, Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted for the bill, along with 10 Democrats, voted to invoke cloture ...

Democrats across the political spectrum—liberal, moderate, and progressive—appear united in their outrage over Senate ...

Democrats across the political spectrum—liberal, moderate, and progressive—appear united in their outrage over Senate ...

Democrats have been struggling in how to deal with the dizzying flood of unilateral actions coming from Donald Trump these past 54 days, but tonight’s midnight deadline to keep the federal ...

A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he ...

The Kansas City Chiefs took the fans by surprise when they traded Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears to kick off their offseason ...

Speaker Johnson's constituents are speaking out about potential cuts to critical programs such as Medicaid. NBC News' Melanie ...