U.S. Senate

The U.S. needs authority to continue borrowing money to fund the government – otherwise it could shut down on Friday. And according to a recent poll, it seems like Democrats would take more of the heat if a shutdown occurred. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains what’s going in Washington as Senate talks to address the debt ceiling are at...

The Senate wrapped up a rare Saturday session without producing the text of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill

Hours after a bipartisan working group of lawmakers announced a deal on a major infrastructure package, it passed a key test vote Wednesday in the Senate. The Senate voted 67 to 32 to begin debate on the measure, getting 17 Republicans to sign on, more than the 10 needed to break a filibuster.

An exclusive Rhode Island beach club tied to Democratic U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has broken its silence to defend itself from claims that it only allows white people after the controversy garnered national attention

Rep. Val Demings officially launched her campaign Wednesday to unseat Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and represent the Sunshine State in the U.S. Senate next year.

Legislation that would create new protections for LGBTQ Americans is stalling out in the U.S. Senate

The Senate filibuster is coming under fresh scrutiny

The U.S. Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday. The bill will be sent to the House next week.

An exhausted Senate has narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill

A Republican senator severely delayed passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package Thursday by insisting that the entire 628-page bill be read out loud.

The Senate has voted by the slimmest of margins to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump laid bare the deep imperfections in the Constitution’s only process for holding a president accountable for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial centered on a phone call that Americans never heard with the leader of a country far away, Ukraine

The Senate is moving toward a final vote after reaching a deal to skip witness testimony in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The agreement averts a prolonged trial and sets up closing arguments from both sides.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scalding denunciation of Donald Trump in a speech Saturday from the Senate floor, calling the former president “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

The U.S. Senate and all of America were transfixed by a 13 minute video showing the attack on the Capitol. President Trump’s defense attorneys admit they were caught totally off guard.

Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor who comes in Paul Bunyan proportions made his mark as mayor of a Rust Belt city outside Pittsburgh. More recently, he’s become one of the most progressive politicians in the state.

Vice president Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate last night, moving legislation on coronavirus relief forward.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, called out Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for not wearing a mask on the Senate floor Thursday. Paul is the only senator who does not wear a mask in the Senate chamber. The Kentucky senator complied with Brown’s request without objection.

Legal briefs filed in the impeachment case against former President Donald Trump lay out radically different positions ahead of next week’s Senate trial.