Without the Senate, its ability to pass sweeping legislation will be limited. But the GOP could still slow down or even reverse climate policies passed in the last year.

Thanks to an 1835 treaty, they’re pushing Democrats to approve a nonvoting delegate.

By subpoenaing Donald Trump, the stakes are set for how the former president might escape justice if Democrats lose the House.

Some lawmakers are coming to the conclusion that America’s long-standing partnership with Saudi Arabia might not be worth the pain.

For the first time in 50 years, the White House held a conference to address the nationwide crises of hunger and food insecurity.

The duo talk about Tomasky’s new book, “The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity.”

Lawmakers have yet to vote on the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would provide those who left the country amid our chaotic military withdrawal with a pathway to permanent residency.

Now that Manchin’s bill has failed to win enough support, there’s space for a better debate about how to streamline the approval process for new energy projects.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the single largest recipient of campaign funds from NextEra energy, whose pipeline project could get fast-tracked with the deal Schumer recently brokered.

The side deal that Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin cut to pass the Inflation Reduction Act now threatens to be the proximate cause of a government shutdown.

Whether the outcome will be good or bad for the climate remains unclear. The process, though, was terrible.

House Democrats on Wednesday passed their reform of the Electoral Count Act. The Senate has a different reform bill in mind. Only one can win.

Details on the permitting reform demanded by Senator Manchin remain scant. Many fear it could prove a giveaway to fossil fuel companies.

The South Carolina senator’s proposed ban can’t be squared with either the medical consensus or the lives of those who most often have to seek the procedure late in their pregnancies.

Demanding E.V. parts be made domestically could slow down the energy transition—or, alternatively, fall afoul of free trade policies the United States has worked hard to enact.

The Maryland congressman talks about what’s next for Washington’s most unlikely friendship now that Wyoming Republicans have voted Cheney out of office.

Yes, Build Back Better eventually became Build Back Manchin, but for Democrats, it’s better than nothing.

After months of delay, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a measure that would end the paralyzing uncertainty faced by those we promised to find a new home.

Passing any climate policy through this Senate is a massive achievement. But environmentalists are right to be wary of the drilling concessions Democrats had to give away to get there.

Could the Senate—gasp!—actually pass legislation to reform the obscure law that nearly enabled Trump's plot to overturn the 2020 election?