The U.S. Congress considers roughly 5,000 bills and resolutions each year, but only a small percent of those become law.

The House voted on Wednesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes ...

While the current session of Congress is expected to see the introduction of a bipartisan bill to open banking services for the cannabis sector, its submission is "not imminent," contrary to several ...

The median age of voting members of the House of Representatives is now 57.5 years, while the Senate's median age is 64.7 ...

Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.

Representative Sarah McBride did not run for Congress emphasizing L.G.B.T.Q. issues. But since her arrival in Washington, her ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing a plan to explicitly use revenue from higher tariffs on imported goods to help pay for ...

The government exceeded its borrowing limit on Trump's second day in office, leaving the new government with an uncertain ...

The Laken Riley Act is set to be the first bill Trump signs into law after it passed the House and Senate with bipartisan ...

Proxy voting in Congress has been the subject of fierce political and ... short-term for the birth of her baby but ultimately ...

Charles Hunt, assistant professor of political science, was recently interviewed for a Washington Examiner article, “Current ...

While the current session of Congress is expected to see the introduction of a bipartisan bill to open banking services for the cannabis sector, its submission is "not imminent," contrary to ...