The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a resolution to create a "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk." The big picture: The White House and many Republican lawmakers are continuing to rally around Kirk's assassination,

Lawmakers are scheduled for a procedural vote at 5:30 p.m. and a final confirmation vote beginning around 8 p.m., according to the Senate schedule.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly voted to table an amendment directing the Department of Justice to release all the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Senate

The vote was supposed to happen in the state Senate on Wednesday. It has now been pushed to at least Sept. 29.

The government funding drama intensifies as House Republicans can only lose two votes while Democrats demand concessions to avoid a potential shutdown by Sept. 30.

Senate Republicans have barely defeated an effort by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein.

Oregon Senators will not vote on the transportation bill on Wednesday after a last-minute change hours before the Oregon Senate was scheduled to meet.

The Oregon State Senate says they are once again delaying the vote on a bill that would fund the Department of Transportation by raising vehicle registration fees.

A vote was planned for Wednesday. But Democrats need 18 votes to pass the package, and one of their 18 members is still unwell.

Democrat Catelin Drey took the oath of office and was sworn into the Iowa Senate — officially breaking Republicans' supermajority in the chamber.