CNN By Morgan Rimmer, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just ...

Maryland Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks voted against the bill. Alsobrooks said in a statement ahead of the ...

The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...

Some of the most controversial bills of Kentucky's legislative session passed in the final hour before a veto period begins.

If a dominatrix went hunting in a Georgia forest, would she wear pink? And who would carry the bill in the Senate?

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate shared personal and emotional stories Thursday, with one holding back tears at one point, in a failed Republican attempt to derail a bill that would make ...

With lawmakers set to take next week off, they leave having already accomplished one major priority: placing the St. Louis ...

While Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted for the spending measure to avoid a shutdown, it eliminates millions of ...

The fate of the recently established foster care ombudsman office is unclear amid somewhat conflicting budget decisions, unclear budget committee rules, and a proposed policy bill that was rejected ...

N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch ...