Republicans have since deployed the maneuver two other times. In 2017, Senate Republicans eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees in an effort to allow the GOP to confirm Justice Neil ...

Norman Ornstein has been analyzing politics for five decades. He has never seen something as egregious as this.

Republicans appeared poised to retain control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, after Senator Susan Collins defied political odds to win re-election in Maine and other Republican incumbents led ...

The U.S. Senate approved dozens of presidential nominees in a single vote. This followed a recent rule change allowing for batch confirmations of certain appointees. Republicans argued the change was ...

Texas Congressman Wesley Hunt ended months of speculation Monday, announcing he is running in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate ...

(CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday corralled his oft-fractured House conference to pass a Republican plan to fund the government through November 21, as Congress scrambles to avert a looming ...

The South Carolina Republican urged Democrats to "have a rational discussion, but not with the government shut down." ...

Senate Republicans are pushing intensely to nab the five additional Democratic votes they need to unlock their bill to end ...

President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front ...

The Senate is scheduled to vote on Oct. 9 on competing proposals to reopen the government. Will the seventh attempt be ...

On the third day of the shutdown, a Republican bill to reopen the government fell short in a 54-44 Senate vote, well below ...