Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is warning ominously of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster process. Senators have been considering changes to the decades-old rules that typically require 60 votes to advance legislation...

While many of the proposals have bipartisan support, Democrats are unlikely to agree to them without consideration of the more substantive background checks bill.

As the Senate departed for a five-week recess Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the chamber's accomplishments, including a hard-won budget deal that staves off a possible government shutdown.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, Washington's odd couple, have a limited set of mutual legislative interests in a capital beset by dysfunction and awash in presidential politics.

Senatorial courtesy was in full display when the Senate's top two leaders — Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer — shared the same stage in McConnell's hometown in Kentucky.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will delay consideration of health care legislation in the Senate, after Sen. John McCain's announced absence following surgery left Republicans short of votes on their marquee legislation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to impose sharp cuts to foreign aid and domestic programs is running into opposition on Capitol Hill — and that's just from his Republican allies.

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Washington, DC (WIBX) - The flagship legislation of the Obama administration, known as "Obamacare," withstands the constitutional challenge that confronted it.