The whiplash from the shut-it-down to keep-it-alive posturing only fed the contempt that many Democrats were already ...

As the clock ticked, Senate Democrats were in an uncomfortable position. They were forced to choose between a GOP bill that ...

Anger was rising in the Democratic ranks Saturday after the party's top US senator led a band of lawmakers in reluctant ...

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political ...