Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) delivered a fiery floor speech Wednesday, chastising his Democratic colleagues for introducing legislation to fund SNAP benefits after consistently voting ...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, set a new state record after he delivered a marathon speech on the Senate floor in protest of President Donald Trump's policies as lawmakers remain at odds to ...

Merkley spoke for more than 22 hours — from 6:21 p.m. Tuesday to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday — pausing for lengthy questions from other Democratic senators. His speech was one of the longest in Senate ...

All eyes will be watching the Senate vote today, Monday, Oct. 6, as they consider bills that could put an end to the government shutdown 2025. Furloughed federal workers and agencies await a ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., held the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes in protest of what he described as President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian” leadership and warning that the ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours.Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Senate Democrats would vote to reopen the government if Republicans agreed to a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—the first clear ...

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair James Risch (R-Idaho) on Wednesday objected to what he called an “inappropriate” request by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to commemorate slain Saudi journalist Jamal ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley (Ore.), a prominent Senate progressive, held the Senate floor overnight and into Wednesday afternoon, speaking for more than 21 consecutive hours — and counting — to ...