As Minnesota’s Gov. Tim Walz was crisscrossing the country in a bid to win the White House, fellow Minnesotan Sen. Tina Smith was working right below the presidential ticket to try to hold Democrats’ ...

The House-passed Social Security Fairness Act enjoys rare bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, yet the odds of it getting ...

Here is how our House members and New York’s two senators voted on select issues during the legislative week ending Dec. 6, as reported by Targeted News Service. Click here for previous votes. Michael ...

Senator Chuck Schumer has been unanimously re-elected to serve another term as the Senate Democratic leader, even as the party prepares to transition into the minority in the upcoming Congress. In an ...

Schumer, who is Jewish, has had a checkered history in his relationship with the State of Israel over the past year.

Senate Democrats reelected Schumer as their leader on Tuesday, a validation after a tough election for the party, which lost ...

It is a bleak moment for Senate Democrats, who had been hopeful that they could hold the majority for the third election in a ...

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., will join Senate leadership in the next session of Congress as he looks to play more of a ...

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana wants a key committee skipped as time is running out on a bill to increase benefits for 2.8 million former public employees.

Murphy was added to the leadership roster to help Democrats with policy and messaging as they enter the minority party next ...

The Senate Democrats on Tuesday picked among its ranks a new team to lead the minority party to balance the GOP's looming ...