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Today’s vote in the U.S. Senate, on Trump’s big bill, was dramatic. In the chamber, it was even more so. The Senate passed ...
Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits can be taxed—but a new deduction will reduce how much seniors need to pay.
Congress made its own New Year’s resolution: achieve fiscal discipline through the Budget Control and Impoundment Act. Like ...
By skirting the Senate parliamentarian’s power to police the boundaries of reconciliation bills, the GOP is putting the ...
It was a somber scene at Robert C. Byrd High School Tuesday as friends and family gathered to remember three former students ...
The doors to the Senate Parliamentarian's office are seen in the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate ...
Senator Robert C. Byrd, democrat from West Virgina and the longest-serving senator in American history, died Monday at the age of 92. Jan. 30, 2003: Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va, left, and Sen. Edward ...
Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died on Monday at the age of 92. He rose from rural poverty to the pinnacle of power, and journeyed from racism to racial ...
Washington (CNN) -- When Robert Byrd came to Congress from West Virginia, a postage stamp cost 3 cents and kids were clamoring for a new toy called Mr. Potato Head. On Wednesday, almost 57 years ...
Updated: July 19, 2010 Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, was a Senator for 51 years and a member of the House for 6, making him the longest-serving member of the Senate and Congress ...
Days before the deadline, the parliamentarian in the U.S. Senate is stripping portions of President Donald Trump's tax and ...
Updated: July 19, 2010 Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, was a Senator for 51 years and a member of the House for 6, making him the longest-serving member of the Senate and Congress ...