Democrats currently control the Senate with a majority of party-affiliated seats and three independents who caucus with them. Here's the breakdown.

If the House impeaches, the Senate shall have sole power to try an impeachment of an officer. If the president is tried, the chief justice of the United States shall preside.

Senate Republicans are facing crunch time on a long-overdue budget resolution, which has divided their conference over the possibility of cutting Medicaid and adding language to increase the debt ...

The Senate passed a bill that would cut $9 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, foreign aid and more. See how ...

Blacks make up just short of 11% of the total res­idents of the 26 least populous states. They consti­tute over 15% of the population of the most populous states.

Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus says the Republican caucus will not sue over Democratic resolutions passed during the 2025 ...

Grassley tries to hang on in Iowa with Senate control at stake. 10/26/22 6:23 AM By Steve Davies. The mid-term elections are likely to redraw the political map for the next two years, ...

Voters gave Democrats control of the House in 2018, a shift of 40 seats, but Republicans gained two Senate seats in a favorable map. The 2020 map looks favorable for Republicans, too.

Tags: Rick Scott, Vote 2024, Senate Sen. Rick Scott delivers a victory speech on Tuesday in Bonita Springs, Fla. By Wednesday morning, Republicans were the Senate majority.

It’s crunch time in Congress as Republican Senate leaders try to shape the president’s so-called “big beautiful bill” into a compromise that can pass. Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz to ...

Had Dan Osborn won his independent Senate campaign in Nebraska last year, it’s possible the bill never would have passed. Now, as he starts a new independent run for the Senate, he thinks some ...

Senate Republicans are facing crunch time on a long-overdue budget resolution, which has divided their conference over the possibility of cutting Medicaid and adding language to increase the debt c… ...