The extension would give the Senate plenty of time to begin confirming Trump's Cabinet nominees and the House time to plot out maneuvers on tax legislation.

Orientation is underway in Congress for new members as important matters loom, including funding the government to avoid a ...

Congress has a short but important to-do list as lawmakers return to Washington this coming week for what is known as a ...

Republicans have consistently trashed President Joe Biden's economic agenda and his handling of our immigration crisis. Can they do better?

For more on what this might mean for the next Congress, let's bring in NPR's Barbara Sprunt ... That came into play when Johnson was trying to avoid a government shutdown. And to do that, he had to ...

The 118th Congress is likely to have at least one final political standoff before the balance of power shifts, and it's over ...

Republican electoral wins in both the presidential race and the Senate are changing the game on government funding, as ...

The approval of fiscal 2025 bills tops Congress’ priorities as lawmakers prepare to kick off their post-election legislative ...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he planned to work to ensure the GOP would be as successful as possible.

An even earlier fiscal test could come in December, as temporary funding measures adopted to avoid a government shutdown will ...

Whichever party wins control of the House and Senate will get to decide how to handle a slew of consequential policy matters.

A group of hard-line conservatives tanked a procedural vote in revolt of a tentative funding deal negotiated by congressional ...