President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday met with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill to unite the party behind his legislative agenda. Trump held private meetings with GOP senators to discuss a strategy to tackle the party’s priorities, which include border security, tax cuts, and a reduction in government spending. “We’re going to govern by common sense,” […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee has set a hearing date for President-elect Trumps Attorney General pick Pam Bondi. The hearing will take place on Jan. 15 and 16, giving Senators on the panel the chance to question Bondi before voting on her nomination. Trump chose Bondi, Floridas former attorney general, as his second nominee to lead...

President-elect Trump and Republican senators wrestled over the best strategy for moving Trumps top agenda items, including border security and tax relief, during a two-hour meeting at the Capitol Wednesday night, but Trump largely resisted senators pleas to break his agenda up into two big bills. Many Republican senators, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in a brief interview Wednesday evening that House and Senate GOP leaders are likely to make a final decision by Thursday about how theyll pursue […]

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday made his first visit to the Capitol of the new year and new Congress, meeting with Senate Republicans to discuss the party's legislative agenda.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Republicans are undermining transparency and accountability by rushing the confirmation process.

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Cassidy doesnt seem completely on board with RFK Jr Senate Health Committee chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) doesnt seem completely on board with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, President-elect Trumps pick to lead the Department of Health and Human...

Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego says he will co-sponsor the bill.

President-elect Trump arrived late Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol, along with former first lady Melania Trump. Both stopped in the Rotunda to pay their respects to former President Carter, who is lying in state. Trump is set to meet with Senate Republicans at the invitation of the chamber's leadership. They're expected to discuss the agenda...

President-elect Trump is heading to Capitol Hill Wednesday evening to meet with Senate Republicans and visit the Rotunda, where the late former President Carter is lying in state. With his inauguration just weeks away, Trump will discuss his legislative priorities in closed-door meetings with GOP allies. Earlier this week, the incoming president expressed his support...

A stakeout of the chamber door where President-elect Donald Trump is to meet with Senate Republicans at 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 8.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the new Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee chair, did not immediately endorse Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trumps pick to be Health and Human Services secretary, after meeting with him Wednesday. Cassidy wrote on the social media site X that he and Kennedy had a frank conversation and...

"The budget resolution that Congress will write in the coming weeks should do just that. Budgets are meant to provide a blueprint for federal finances, but unfortunately they have more often been used recently as 'shell' resolutions simply intended to allow for the fast-track reconciliation process to bypass the filibuster in the Senate," advises the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a n...

The swearing-in of U.S. senators is often a ceremonial occasion, a moment to celebrate the continuity of democracy. But as Vice President Kamala Harris presided over th...

More Senate Democrats have indicated they plan to vote to advance the Laken Riley Act in a procedural vote this Friday. The bill which is named for the Georgia nursing student who was killed by an immigrant from Venezuela who crossed the border illegally cleared the House on Tuesday with support from all...