Julie Su, whose hearing is today, is a fantastic choice for labor secretary. So why is her confirmation such an uphill climb?

With the proposal to temporarily seat a replacement for the ailing senator on the Judiciary Committee, the majority’s plans—and Biden’s judges—may be left in limbo.

Connecticut’s Chris Murphy believes loneliness is one of America’s biggest problems—and he’s working on a plan to fight it.

The ailing senator would like to be replaced temporarily on the Senate Judiciary Committee, but that’s easier said than done.

The bad news is that the California senator is gumming up President Biden’s important work. The good news is that this is all very easily resolved!

Elissa Slotkin made her bones in foreign policy. Now, the Michigan congresswoman is making gun legislation a centerpiece of her campaign for the upper chamber of Congress.

The U.S. representative from Orange County says her old law prof, Elizabeth Warren, has one speed: “full speed ahead.” She’s made waves in the House. But can she whiteboard her way to a Senate seat in a hotly contested race?

Republicans did away with the arcane practice when it suited their purposes.

From a draconian new proposal in Iowa to farm bill deliberations in Washington, the ideological battles over food aid will soon kick off—and no one knows who will end up paying the price.

The Arizona election in 2024 could feature a three-way battle royal between Kyrsten Sinema, Ruben Gallego, and Kari Lake.

The Kentucky Republican just passed the Montana Democrat as the longest-serving Senate leader. Unfortunately, he’s dismantled everything Mansfield worked to build.

Alas, we can’t fix this democracy without amending the U.S. Constitution. The process for that is almost impossible.

Lawmakers hope that a bipartisan measure to shore up much-needed health care provisions can make it into the still-being-negotiated omnibus spending bill.

The longtime Senate GOP leader had the chance to put an end to the former president’s poisonous hold on his party, but he chickened out.

Nearly two centuries after a treaty was approved, the Cherokee Nation wants the U.S. government to abide by its commitments.

Congress has an overwhelming to-do list in the final months of the year, including the not-so-small matter of funding the government.

If control of the upper chamber is determined before the Peach State’s upcoming runoff election, it could complicate Herschel Walker’s path to victory.

The state should be a shoe-in for incumbent Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, but her far-right opponent, Don Bolduc, is keeping the race close.

The expanded child tax credit lifted millions of kids out of poverty, but Congress failed to extend it. Now the Colorado senator is facing the difficulty of running on an expired policy.

The Georgia Senate candidate’s travails have neatly illuminated the GOP’s ugly core.