U.S. Congress

Lawmakers should be prepared to act quickly to pass a resolution funding the federal government for one week as negotiators continue to work on a longer-term spending bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday. Schumer described weekend talks over a funding package as “positive and productive conversations, enough that both sides are moving forward to reach a deal, even…

Top House and Senate leaders have bestowed Congress’ highest honor on law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Senators Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, discuss the Respect for Marriage Act, which passed in the Senate on Tuesday.