On the Senate floor today, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) scolds Congress, particularly House Republicans, for continuing to receive pay amid government shutdown. Kim remarks that he has decided to refuse his paycheck until the government reopens.

Senators on Wednesday spurned the House-passed “clean” stopgap spending bill for a ninth time, putting the government shutdown a step closer to lasting into next week as the impasse deepens. The

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today spoke on the Senate floor to honor Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain of the Loyola-Chicago

On the Senate floor today, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) rebukes Donald Trump for prioritizing his own interests over the American people, hosting the president of Argentina and sending him $20 billion while sparing no time in negotiating an end to the government shutdown.

The Senate approved its massive annual defense policy bill late Thursday as the U.S. government remains shut down. The GOP-led chamber approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 70-20, aiming to fund the U.

Updated at 6:03 p.m. U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) called a new policy enacted by President Donald Trump “unprecedented” and “straight out of an authoritarian playbook, where the President gets to play judge,

Senator Mark Kelly spoke on the Senate floor about Arizona constituents facing rising health care costs, citing stories of those affected by expiring tax credits.

Two bills addressing earmark transparency rules, adopted by the Legislature during this year’s budget battle, are moving closer to becoming state law. Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday adopted changes to House Bill 4420 and Senate Bill 596 before the committee reported both bills to the Senate floor.

Tuesday was the first time the Senate has been on the floor since July, when lawmakers passed the current state budget.

During his remarks from the Senate floor today, Senator Adam Schiff went scorched earth on President Trump's destruction of democracy. Schiff stated, "Enough of the lawlessness."