Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) reached an agreement Thursday night regarding new Senate rules.
Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye (D) passed away on Monday from respiratory complications, according to his office. He was the most senior member of the US Senate and the chamber’s president pro tempore.
Right-to-work legislation in Michigan, which received more support in the Michigan Legislature on Thursday, could be signed into law this week after a final vote.
On Wednesday, the DREAM Act (acronym for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) went partially into effect, prompted by the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action policy
Congressional leaders agree to draft a six-month government funding plan, one component to avoiding a shutdown and the dramatic fiscal cliff.
Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Susan Collins (D-WV), John Rockefeller (D-WV), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Thomas Carper (D-Del.) are pushing for a vote on the revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 before Congress goes on break in August.
Some basic facts about economics and government policy are being ignored amid growing anger over US Olympic uniforms manufactured in China.
