Pedersen said that number might have to change to get enough votes to pass the bill out of the Senate Housing Committee or off the floor. The bill passed out of the House by a 53-42 vote on March 10.

Washington has until the late spring or summer to raise the borrowing limit past its $36 trillion cap, setting up a test with economy-reverberating consequences for Republicans.

Tucked away in a corner of Washington’s Yakima Valley is the small town of Sunnyside, made up of roughly 17,000 residents, a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ...

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...

The U.S. Senate cleared a stopgap spending bill Friday that will fund the government through the end of September, sending ...

Ex- U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema called out prominent liberals for endorsing the filibuster during a recent vote on a ...

Unlike in Trump’s first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

President Trump signed a funding bill that keeps the government open through September, averting a shutdown after a ...

The uproar prompted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) to trek back 35 miles to the Capitol to hold an ...

In both cases, voters were curious about the scope and pace of action in Washington since President Trump took office.