After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" of tax breaks and ...

The unbalanced budget reflects sharp divides in the Legislature on the PFD, school funding and the size of the budget itself.

D.C. is in a budget limbo on two fronts, from the ongoing drama in Congress regarding this year's budget to the ...

An obscure bookkeeping matter has become the latest flashpoint in Congress as Democrats accuse Republicans of violating ...

Click here for a web version of the New Jersey Globe’s March 2025 vote tracker, with links to the bills and votes in question ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced he won't run for the U.S. Senate or any other elected office, choosing to ...

We learned this week that though it’s fashionable to bury Democrats under a pile of d-words — denial, division, despondency, ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald ...

Schumer voted against the bill during the final vote, but its passage only required a simple majority compared to the earlier ...

While many Illinois Democrats wait anxiously to hear whether U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will run for reelection in 2026 or step ...