The U.S. Senate returns to work today smarting from record-low approval ratings for Congress and facing the prospect of a second year of little achievement before voters decide in November which party will control the chamber.

MANILA (Updated) -- The Senate will keep the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona from dragging on until the adjournment of the 15th Congress in 2013, its majority leader said Sunday. He said the trial may even be over by March 23, when Congress is scheduled to take a break for Holy Week. Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III, in a radio interview over dzBB, said preparations for ...

Saying it#39;s time to rebuild America by working together to create jobs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday prepared for Congress#39; return to Washington this week with a warning to Republicans to leave Tea Party extremism behind and learn what legislation is all about.

MANILA (Updated) -- The Senate will keep the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona from dragging on until the adjournment of the 15th Congress in 2013, its majority leader said Sunday. He said the trial may even be over by March 23, when Congress is scheduled to take a break for Holy Week.

The proposals leave Republicans with their majorities intact.