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Congress played another coda on a what’s become a familiar tune late Friday night after it barely pulled enough votes ...

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat ...

( NewsNation) — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Thursday sharply criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for voicing his intent to vote for a Republican-sponsored budget bill to ...

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) had a heated exchange with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other Democratic ...

If your community is expecting big money from Washington for your favorite project, it may be time to move on. There's a good chance it's not coming. Senator Shelley Moore Capito's office confirmed to ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

"I have not seen such uniting anger across the party in a long, long time," Charlotte Clymer, the Democrat behind the ...

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. In addition to roll call votes this week, the ...

The White House said on Saturday afternoon that President Trump had signed the stopgap spending bill, avoiding a partial ...

President Trump signed a funding bill that keeps the government open through September, averting a shutdown after a ...