The Senate held a cloture vote Friday to send Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to a vote Saturday. What is a cloture vote and why is it important? A cloture vote ends debate on the subject in question - ...

As members of the U.S. Senate await the report from the FBI on allegations that Brett Kavanaugh was involved in sexual misconduct when he was in high school and college, the vote on his nomination to ...

jockeying over what the final bill should look like. Starting with the dramatic announcement Saturday of an agreement between leaders and Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the last Democratic holdout, House ...

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has been speaking in what is currently a marathon protest since Monday night against the 'national crisis' he claims President Donald Trump and special government agent ...

With Senate Republicans blocking Democratic attempts to amend the FISA reauthorization bill, the Senate has set a cloture vote from early Monday afternoon, just hours before President Bush gives his ...

A federal government shutdown this week comes complete with public confusion, heated rhetoric, misleading claims, maximum ...

Former Westchester resident and once-candidate for president of the United States Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cleared yet another hurdle in the process of becoming the nation's top health official. The ...