The Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the new commander of the Afghanistan war, and President Barack Obama swiftly issued a statement saying Petraeus had his full confidence.

A Senate committee on Wednesday voted to eliminate a cap on liability that oil companies would face for damages from offshore spills, like the one devastating the U.S. Gulf coast.

Senate Democrats are working on a new way to jump-start their stalled election-year jobs agenda while saving unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers.

Senate Democrats are working on a plan to create one bill that combines the extension of unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers with an extension of a popular tax credit for people who buy new homes.

Senate Democrats are working on a plan to create one bill that combines the extension of unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers with an extension of a popular tax credit for people who buy new homes.