The Senate approaches a key test vote Friday afternoon as lawmakers work to avoid a partial government shutdown , with Democrats confronting two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believ ...

Divisions within the Democratic party are on display after Schumer indicated that he would vote to advance a GOP-led stopgap bill.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday issued a blistering statement on how senators should handle a government funding vote that, without naming him, dinged Senate Minority Leader ...

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Patsy Takemoto Mink shattered barriers as the first Asian American woman in Congress and a champion of Title IX. Now, her ...