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The vote comes after President Biden announced the national emergency would end in May.

A California lawmaker wants to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory LGBTQ laws.

Fetterman has been undergoing treatment for clinical depression since mid-February.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in February after he was evaluated by the attending physician of Congress.

A person close to Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says he'll return to the Senate in April, two months after the freshman Democrat sought inpatient treatment for clinical depression.

The Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a bipartisan effort to return a basic war power to Congress 20 years after an authorization many now view as a mistake. (March 29)

Congress on Wednesday approved a resolution to overturn the Biden administration's protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways.

The chamber has repeatedly passed legislation in recent sessions eliminating the death penalty in cases of severe mental illness, but the issue has not gained traction in the more conservative Senate.

Congress on Wednesday approved a resolution to overturn the Biden administration's protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways.

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) is holding up military appointments because he’s mad about abortion. Yes, the former Auburn football coach-turned-legislator isn’t supporting the troops because he’s mad that the Pentagon is providing support for military members who need abortions.

According to the police affidavit, Todd said he did not know the suspect, Glynn Neal, and did not know why he stabbed him.

The House of Representatives is now expected to take up the measure, which would formally end U.S. military operations in the Iraq and Gulf Wars.

Senator Bernie Sanders rapidly fired questions at former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over the company's position on labor unions in the Senate.

The state Senate in North Carolina overrides Gov. Roy Cooper's veto to loosen gun restrictions in the state. Republicans hold a supermajority in the North Carolina Senate.

A Republican-led Idaho House bill would establish the new crime of “abortion trafficking,” which would limit minors’ ability to travel for an abortion without parental consent, even in states where the procedure is legal.

The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that repeals the legal justifications​ used to attack Iraq in 1991 and 2003.

If signed into law, the bill would repeal the 1991 Gulf War authorization and 2002 authorization for the Iraq War.

The North Carolina Senate has approved legislation that would allow domestic violence victims to testify remotely and avoid meeting the accused in person.

Mitch McConnell is coming out swinging as both chambers prepare to vote on proposals to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq.

Kansas' state Senate approved a bill to increase the legal age of buying tobacco products from 18 to 21. Most states across the country have already done this.

Public outrage is swift following mass shootings such as the one that killed six people at a Nashville elementary school.

“I would say we’ve gone about as far as we can go," said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), a key negotiator of a bipartisan gun control package that passed last year.

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is backing a bill to expand funding for private school vouchers. The legislation passed the state Senate earlier this month.

A sweeping public education bill that would allow families to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools and restrict classroom lessons on sexual orientation received initial approval Tuesday and will now go before the Senate for a full vote.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The Senate has voted to repeal the decades-old congressional measure that greenlighted the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Texas state lawmakers are moving forward on two bills banning drag performances in the presence of minors and in public, and now the proposed laws are heading to the senate floor.

The president said he's already used the "full extent" of his executive authority to combat gun violence. GOP lawmakers argue it's premature to press bills before the facts are out.

Democrats were unable to ban assault-style weapons while they controlled both chambers of Congress.

Education savings accounts, which are similar to vouchers, are a priority of Gov. Greg Abbott this session. Texas senators also advanced a bill that would give raises and other benefits to teachers.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes repeal of the 2002 and 1991 authorizations of force against Iraq, arguing that that authority “bears directly on the threats we face today in Iraq and Syria from Iran-backed terrorists.”.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes repeal of the 2002 and 1991 authorizations of force against Iraq, arguing that that authority “bears directly on the threats we face today in Iraq and Syria from Iran-backed terrorists.” McConnell, who is home recovering from a fall earlier this month, is weighing in for the first time as the Senate is poised, as soon as Wednesday, to repeal the decades-old authority for the Iraq war.

Sen. Rand Paul is among the few Republicans opposing Congress' efforts to ban China-based social media app TikTok, arguing it runs afoul of the First Amendment.

A top federal regulator called the failure of Silicon Valley Bank a "textbook case of bank mismanagement" during a Senate hearing about what led to its spectacular collapse

"Lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers," Senate Chaplain Barry Black said.

“Lord, deliver our senators from the paralysis of analysis that waits for the miraculous," Senate chaplain Barry C. Black said Tuesday in an unusually pointed call for action.

Sen. Tom Cotton accused Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin of withholding information from Congress about a military incident in Syria in order to avoid influencing a vote.

Georgia counties must enforce homeless camp bans and can't dump homeless people in other counties, according to lawmakers. The bill is being sent to Gov. Kemp for his signature or veto.

The public often chastise Congress for passing “messaging" bills and Congressional Republicans certainly got the message during the pandemic about public education.

The Senate Finance Committee’s proposals won’t be voted on and sent to the full chamber until April.

Sen. Josh Hawley said he hopes that appointing a watchdog to oversee U.S. aid to Ukraine should not "controversial," and said he expects his proposal to get a vote in the Senate.

Jackson Lee enters a mayoral contest that is already well underway. The early frontrunner is state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, and his competitors include Chris Hollins, the former Harris County clerk, and Amanda Edwards, a former City Council member.

This week, the Senate will vote on my amendment to set up an inspector general to track every single taxpayer dollar going to Ukraine. Who could oppose that?

Warren was first elected in 2012 and will be on the ballot again in November 2024.

The October 2002 votes in the House and Senate to authorize war with Iraq were grave moments in American history that would have reverberations for decades.

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow was sitting in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s conference room at the Pentagon, listening to him make the case that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. At some point in the presentation — one of many lawmaker briefings by President George W. Bush’s administration ahead of the October 2002 votes to authorize force in Iraq — military leaders showed an image of trucks in the country that they believed could be carrying weapons materials. “There was not enough information to persuade me that they in fact had any connection with what happened on Sept. 11, or that there was justification to attack,” Stabenow said in a recent interview, referring to the 2001 attacks that were one part of the Bush administration’s underlying argument for the Iraq invasion.

As he prepares for an expected 2024 presidential campaign, Biden has tried to distance himself from the left. The letter from Sens. Durbin, Schumer, Sanders, Warren and others amounts to a warning.

The FAA has lacked a Senate-confirmed administrator since March 2022.

Earlier this month, the senator from Kentucky tripped and fell while attending a private dinner at a Washington, D.C., hotel.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was released from inpatient physical therapy, where he was recovering from a concussion and broken rib suffered in a fall.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been released from the rehab facility that treated him after he fell and tripped, suffering a concussion and fracturing a rib.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says has been released from the rehabilitation facility where he had physical therapy for a concussion caused by a fall earlier this month.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday he has been released from the rehabilitation facility where he had physical therapy for a concussion caused by a fall earlier this month. The 81-year-old Kentucky Republican said in a statement released by his office that he will work from home for the next few days. The Senate is scheduled to be on break for the weeks of April 3 and April 10.

House Republicans are reaffirming their commitment to passing a proposed amendment to limit the number of terms one person may serve in Congress.

More than 20 years after granting unfettered power to wage war, Congress is finally trying to clean up the mess from a 2002 vote that upended the world and U.S. politics.

In terms of domestic politics, the Iraq War followed the trajectory of the Vietnam War, which also relied on a resolution supporting the use of military force that Congress passed and later repealed.

A bill in the California State Senate aims to ensure schools will have at least two locations offering free condoms to students with accompanying information on proper use.

The Kansas Senate has passed a bill to lower child care regulations, such as education requirements, while increasing child-to-adult staffing quotas.

A bipartisan pair of senators have revived the bid to cap insulin prices at $35 for all Americans who need it, after a similar measure failed last year.

Multiple senators told Fox News Digital that they had not heard any updates on Social Security solvency talks in weeks

The former senator from Minnesota roasted his onetime colleague from Maine.

The New Hampshire House on Thursday rejected multiple bills restricting abortion, including a proposed fetal heartbeat bill similar to those enacted in many red states.

South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate is moving to bar citizens of a “foreign adversary” from buying property in the state in an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments over outsize concerns.

In a victory for abortion-rights supporters, the Republican-led but closely divided New Hampshire House on Thursday rejected multiple bills to further restrict abortion access while also approving legislation to protect it. The eight abortion-related bills came up for a vote during what has been a hectic week for abortion policy nationwide. Nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended a nationwide right to an abortion, court fights are playing out on multiple fronts, states dominated by Democrats are seeking to protect access and Republicans are trying to tighten restrictions.

Leaders of the Senate’s banking committee are telling former chief executive officers at the failed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank they “must answer” for their banks' "downfall.”.

The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to repeal the 2001 measure.

A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads is emerging in the U.S. Senate.

President Joe Biden’s signature on a measure nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code marked the end of one bruising public fight between Congress and local lawmakers.

President Joe Biden has signed into law legislation officially nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code.

Missouri's Republican attorney general says his office will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors.

A retired Air Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol dressed in combat gear and carried zip-tie handcuffs into the Senate gallery has been sentenced to two years in prison.

A proposed six-week abortion ban is advancing in Florida, where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has indicated support for the restrictions as he prepares a potential presidential run.

The Senate has taken a first step toward repealing two measures that give open-ended approval for military action in Iraq.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have passed a measure to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Cuts to school property tax bills. Bigger tax benefits for homeowners. A controversial idea to limit property tax growth. Here’s what you need to know about the brewing property tax debate at the Texas Legislature.

The Senate has confirmed former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the next ambassador to India, more than a year and a half after he was initially selected for the post.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are proposing rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarifying when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed.

An anti-abortion monument would be built near Arkansas' Capitol under legislation on its way to the governor's desk.

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego is slamming independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for backing a bank deregulation bill he says contributed to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has been released from the hospital after treatment for a concussion and will continue to recover in an inpatient rehabilitation facility.

And just like that...millions of Americans lost an hour of sleep yesterday!

An unpopular bill that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 has gotten a push forward.

A child marriage bill is heading to the West Virginia governor’s desk after lawmakers agreed to let 16- and 17-year-olds get married with restrictions.

U.S. health agencies have sent a letter to Florida’s surgeon general, warning him that his claims about COVID-19 risks are harmful to the public.

House Bill 20 by state Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, would test the boundaries of the state’s ability to enforce immigration law, which courts have historically ruled falls under federal purview.

A bill to prohibit minors from getting married in West Virginia has been resurrected a day after its defeat in a Senate committee.

The House has voted 227-198 to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business.

Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals by backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses.

Norfolk Southern’s CEO is apologizing to Congress and pledging millions of dollars to help East Palestine, Ohio, recover from last month's fiery train derailment.

Thousands of pages of documents in a recent lawsuit show that Fox News' top executives sometimes were actively involved in politics rather than simply reporting or offering opinions on it.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after a fall at a local hotel and remains hospitalized “for a few days of observation and treatment,” a spokesman says.

Officials have informed members of the House and Senate and their staffs that hackers may have gained access to their sensitive personal data in a breach of a Washington, D.

The Senate has voted to block new District of Columbia crime laws and overrule the city government as lawmakers in both parties have expressed concern about rising violent crime rates in cities nationwide.

Budget proposals would boost state spending for the current budget cycle for projects ranging from mental health hospitals to state pay raises. This would leave $27 billion in surplus for next two years.

President Joe Biden’s support of a resolution to block new District of Columbia crime laws has split members of his own party amid rising concerns about crime in the nation’s capital and other cities.

The Minnesota Senate has voted to make it harder for thieves to sell stolen catalytic converters, a crime that has skyrocketed across the country in recent years.

President Joe Biden has visited the Senate to demonstrate unity among Democrats — but he ended up endorsing a Republican priority instead.

French senators have started debating President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension plan.

The two top Democrats in Congress are asking Fox News executives not to spread false information about the 2020 election and are demanding that commentators who suggested that the election was stolen acknowledge on the air that they were wrong.

President Joe Biden is imploring House Democrats to go out and sell the Democratic accomplishments of the last two years to voters.

Lawmakers and voters in North Carolina have rejected past efforts to remove from the state constitution an unenforceable literacy test requirement that had been used to disenfranchise Black voters during the Jim Crow era.