The Senate’s events marked one of Harris’s last constitutional duties as president of the Senate before she and President Joe Biden depart from office on Jan. 20 and Trump and Vice President-elect J.D ...

Elissa Slotkin is neither a congressman nor a senator-elect any longer, having been sworn in as Michigan's newest U.S. senator Friday afternoon with the installation of the 119th Congress. Across the ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to "ensure the ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) tells Kristen Welker he is confident he and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will have a “strong working relationship” and hopes the GOP-controlled Congress ...

Sen. John Thune used his first few minutes of floor time to make a commitment to defend the filibuster rule, which requires at least 60 votes to pass Senate legislation.

Senator John Thune said Friday that the filibuster has "perhaps the greatest impact in preserving the Founders' vision of the ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. WASHINGTON (CN) — Congressional Democrats on Tuesday offered mixed responses to ...