In a rare procedural move, the House and Senate briefly convened in mostly empty chambers today to prevent President Donald ...

Congressional Republicans aren’t ready to cede power to President Donald Trump to swiftly install nominees during recesses ...

According to CSPAN's Craig Caplan, "Senate just agreed by unanimous consent at the request of Majority Leader Thune to hold pro forma sessions every 3 days following today’s session and not return for ...

McLaughlin, however, took issue with Lee’s pushing for recess appointments. “At that point, the Senate may as well disband.” ...

A decision by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to schedule pro forma sessions throughout the August recess which will ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate’s rules to ...

"Historically bad nominees deserve historic levels of scrutiny," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer maintained.

The Senate confirmed some nominees Saturday, but left many others hanging before starting their August recess.

More than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees for positions throughout the federal government await Senate confirmation ...

On Saturday, the Senate confirmed one of the more high-profile nominees on the calendar — Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s pick to serve as Washington D.C.’s top prosecutor. The onetime New York judge, ...

Now, the two men are headed toward a fall rematch with much higher stakes: whether to keep the federal government open past a Sept. 30 funding deadline. Despite decades of history between them, their ...