For GOP leaders to abdicate the Senates oversight responsibility would set a precedent that Republicans would later regret and upset the checks and balances so vital to a healthy democratic republic.

Iowa State Sen. Janice Weiner, D-Iowa City, will lead Iowas Senate Democrats in the next legislative session. Weiner is a first-term state senator from Iowa City and previously served on the Iowa City City Council until she was elected to the state senate in 2022. Before serving in public office, Weiner was a foreign service...The post

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Democrats’ crushing loss in Montana’s nationally important U.S. Senate race settled a fierce political debate over whether a surge of newcomers in the past decade favored Republicans and if one of the new arrivals could even take high office...

State Senate Democrats are at long last questioning New York's tax subsidies for Hollywood but only to burn the money somewhere else.

Washingtons Senate Democratic caucus will soon have three openings.

Makary, who will need to be confirmed by the Senate, has defended controversial Trump cabinet pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

On November 27, 2018, by Executive Order 13851, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in Nicaragua.  On October 24, 2022,…The post

Dear Mr. Speaker:   (Dear Madam President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency…The post

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) is set to lead the newly created Senate DOGE Caucus a nod to President-elect Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which will work outside the government to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,Trump said in a statement. "Proud to be the top...

While the committee's new leadership will not become official until next year, Collins, one of the Senate's most senior members, has previously signaled her intention to take the chair position.

On Wednesday, the Senate held a vote on three resolutions aimed at isolating Israel and kneecapping its defense and 17 Democrats and two Independents voted for them.

If confirmed by the Senate, Bessent would be the nations first openly gay treasury secretary.

If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the nations first openly gay treasury secretary.

If confirmed by the Senate, Bessent would be the nations first openly gay treasury secretary.

Bondi, who was the first female attorney general in Florida, is expected to face a smoother confirmation process in the Senate.

The longest-serving senator in U.S. history is transitioning away from his role in GOP leadership.