The Senate is staring down multiple flash points in the coming months as lawmakers head into a year colored by electoral ...

The Capitol is quiet this week, with Congress out of town for its end-of-year recess, but lawmakers are gearing up for what promises to be a hectic few weeks of work when the Senate returns on Monday ...

President Donald Trump and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged an end to the Senate filibuster rule ahead of an anticipated ...

Along the way, the budget is referred to committee, receives public hearings, gets voted out of committee and hits the floor ...

I just read something in The Washington State Standard that made me wonder if Democrats in Olympia are finally seeing what the rest of us have been seeing for years. Senator June Robinson, who chairs ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, speaks in the House chamber as House Democrats stand to applaud him, prior to the final vote for President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 30: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters as returns to his office from the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building on June 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Gov. Bob Ferguson has proposed closing the state’s $2.3 billion budget shortfall through a combination of cost-cutting measures.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, speaks in the House chamber as House Democrats stand to applaud him, prior to the final vote for President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax ...