The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.

The U.S. Senate is moving forward with an effort to block California's nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to bar California's landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 that has been adopted by 11 other states representing a third of the U.S. auto market.

The House had voted in April and May to overturn the decisions. Its vote to reverse the Biden administration’s decision to approve waivers granted to California in allowing the state to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035 got 211 Republican votes and 35 Democratic votes.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has argued that the ability to write off state and local taxes only benefits homeowners in high-tax states.

Senate Republicans are warning Russia that they’re prepared to pass punishing sanctions if President Vladimir Putin refuses to engage in ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine or breaches an eventual agreement.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in spending on red-state projects are jeopardized by Trump’s sweeping tax bill, which will face intense lobbying in the Senate.

The House version of the bill is calculated to add about $3.8 trillion to the federal government's $36.2 trillion in debt over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.