The Senate passed legislation Friday temporarily restoring full funding to the Federal Aviation Administration, breaking a political impasse and allowing roughly 4,000 furloughed federal employees to return to work.

COMMENTARY | Cut, Cap, and Balance has been voted down in the Senate along party lines. However, Senate Democrats might want to reconsider. According to a CNN poll of over 1,000 adults, Americans support the bill by about a two-to-one margin, as indicated by question 21.

Washington (CNN) - Senate Democratic leaders organized a conference call with reporters Friday to pound away at one of their...

Top Democratic and Republican senators, negotiating proposed reforms of the use of filibusters and other legislative stalling tactics, are close to an agreement on modest changes to curb the practices but not eliminate them altogether, two Senate aides said.

Washington (CNN) - Democratic and Republican senators agreed Sunday that the Senate will vote to change elements of the health...