A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it's had only acting directors--and the White House won't say when that will change.
The remarks come just days after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson and urged him to hold a vote on a new congressional map.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer led Democrats in praising the Supreme Court on Friday for striking down Trump's tariff authority.
When the Department of Homeland Security shut down on Feb. 14 because Senate Democrats blocked funding, some lawmakers were overseas attending an international security conference in Munich.
Senate Democrats traveled to Kyiv and Odessa to show solidarity with the war-torn nation and make the case that the United States should do more, including imposing harsh sanctions on Russia.
The Florida Senate on Thursday unanimously approved what lawmakers are calling the "Teddy Bridgewater Act," a bill designed to let public school coaches cover c ...
George Mitchell, a former Senate majority leader credited with bringing peace to Northern Ireland, is under renewed scrutiny over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.