Senate

Billy’s Law, also known as the Help Find the Missing Act, passed the U.S. Senate last week.

Nevada’s ballot count is entering its final act and may determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. If Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto finishes ahead, her party will have a majority in the upper chamber thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote. If Republican challenger Adam Laxalt wins, the GOP will have a shot at picking up its 51st...

Katie Britt, who is a lawyer, was also the first woman to serve as president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama.

The $740 billion economic package from Democrats is made up of health care, climate change and deficit-reduction strategies.

The Senate has approved Democrats’ big election-year economic package. The legislation is less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic goals.

A divided Senate has voted to start debating Democrats’ election-year economic bill.

Entertainer and activist Jon Stewart ripped the 41 Republican senators who voted against the PACT Act, blocking a bill that would provide resources for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. “Cowards, all of them.”

The Senate has passed a bill that’s designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States.

Voters got a chance to hear from three Republican candidates hoping to represent Connecticut in the U.S. Senate. Whoever wins in the primary next month will face off against U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal. Of the three Republicans on stage Tuesday night, Themis Klarides is seen by many as the one to beat. Connecticut Republicans endorsed the former state House...

The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill tp protect same-sex and interracial marriages.

Highlights of the bipartisan gun violence bill the Senate approved Thursday and the House is expected to pass Friday

The deal, negotiated by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, could be the most significant federal action on gun violence in nearly three decades

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate.

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke on Wednesday about the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas.

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy took to the Senate floor Tuesday to address politicians and beg for change after a mass shooting resulted in the death of over 19 kids and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., delivered a fiery speech on the Senate floor, lambasting colleagues over inaction gun control. “Why do you spend all this time running for the United States Senate…if your answer is, as the slaughter increases, as our kids run for their lives—we do nothing?”

Democrats delivered pointed reactions after the Senate voted 49-51 against the Women’s Health Protection Act on Wednesday, rejecting nationally codifying abortion rights.

Connecticut Republicans endorsed former state House Minority Leader Themis Klarides to challenge two-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal in November, but she will still face a primary after two conservative rivals received enough delegate support Saturday. About 50 miles away, Connecticut Democrats endorsed incumbent Gov. Ned Lamont and running mate Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz for a second term in office,…

Connecticut Republicans — gambling on the second time being the charm — endorsed businessman Bob Stefanowki as their candidate for governor on Friday night. Nearly 50 miles away, Democrats backed U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal for a third six-year term. Both parties kicked off their two-day conventions Friday, where faithful from both sides of the aisle will endorse candidates for U.S….

The Senate passed a youth crime bill late Wednesday afternoon and now, it’s waiting for the final stamp of approval.