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The Senate’s over 24-hour-long session to pass the tax and spending bill concluded with a tie-breaking vote from Vice ...
A couple years after completing his tenure as the first official historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ray Smock ...
Today’s vote in the U.S. Senate, on Trump’s big bill, was dramatic. In the chamber, it was even more so. The Senate passed ...
Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian, has flagged a growing list of provisions that would be prohibited under the ...
An inmate died in the Houston County Jail Sunday night from what the coroner described as most likely natural causes.
Medicaid cuts have been a central focus for healthcare from passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Care Act, but there are other parts to the bill that affect providers.
Attorneys and muni advocates are concerned as the Senate reviews the budget reconciliation process against the "Byrd Rule." ...
Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits can be taxed—but a new deduction will reduce how much seniors need to pay.
By skirting the Senate parliamentarian’s power to police the boundaries of reconciliation bills, the GOP is putting the ...
What the bill does do is provide a temporary tax deduction of up to $6,000 for seniors aged 65 and older. The tax break is ...
Named after the late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., there is no comparable rule that the House of Representatives is obliged to follow.
Congress made its own New Year’s resolution: achieve fiscal discipline through the Budget Control and Impoundment Act. Like ...