Colorado’s two U.S. senators, Democrats Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both say they intend to vote no on a Republican-drafted spending bill as the federal government lurches toward ...

There's a $200 million deficit in the current fiscal year, and a much bigger one under most scenarios for the next year.

House Democrats are furious at their fellow Democrats in the Senate for supporting a Republican spending bill, saying Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other aisle-hopping senators are ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

Lawmakers are preparing to dump Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed tax hikes on cigarettes, marijuana, and sports gambling, as well as advance a plan to issue $600 million in bonds for a new Cleveland Browns ...

There are signs from the Senate on a potential way to avoid a federal government shutdown. But 60 votes are needed to move anything forward and it's still unclear if enough Democrats will join ...

Mass deportations and a debt-limit increase are being stalled by House-Senate differences and the massive size of the budget ...

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on edge as the Senate struggles to reach a deal ahead of Friday night's looming ...

The South Dakota House and Senate passed the state’s fiscal year 2026 budget that looks different than the budget proposed by former Gov. Kristi Noem. Noem ...

A shutdown would temporarily give the executive branch even broader powers over what government services are deemed "essential." ...

We're here to build relationships, to move the ball forward,” Mullin told the Washington Examiner in an interview from his ...

The Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday to advanced legislation to create a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.