WASHINGTON (AP) — Party leaders in Congress have long criticized government shutdowns as toxic and destructive. “Always a bad idea,” former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republicans re-elected Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader Wednesday while Democrats tapped Chuck Schumer as their leader as both sides prepare for critical battles with the ...

The Senate minority leader is seeking to redeem himself as the government shuts down. Democratic insiders say it may be too ...

There are other issues at play that undoubtedly factored into Mr Schumer’s thinking. Elected Democrats have seethed at ...

We don’t yet know exactly how many votes Republicans will control in the U.S. Senate, but control they will — which means Brooklyn’s own, Democrat Chuck Schumer, will no longer be majority leader.

From paying troops to protecting federal jobs in their home state, these Democrats have plenty of reasons to cross the aisle on a continuing resolutiuon, Eric Garcia reports ...

The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a must-pass $1.4 trillion spending bill aimed at heading off a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic, top Senate ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary ...