Though she stand at just 4′ 11″, Sen. Barbara Mikulski packs a lot of “punch.” Wednesday on the Senate floor, the tribute to “Barb” went on for more than three hours. Thirty-plus senators delivered back-to-back speeches for the Democrat from Maryland. On  Saturday, Mikulski became Congress’...

Legislation making it easier for small businesses to raise money survived a test vote in the Senate on Wednesday, increasing the chances it could emerge as one of the few bipartisan bills to pass Congress during this election year.

Just six months after scoring an unlikely victory in the special election to fill disgraced New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner’s seat in Congress, Republican Rep. Bob Turner has successfully won a spot on New York’s Republican senate primary ballot to challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in November.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats rebranded a bill aimed at job growth as a threat to investor protections on Thursday, proposing revisions that could halt one of Congress#39; few hopes for bi-partisan cooperation this year. The House of Representatives last week overwhelmingly approved the bill to relax some regulations for smaller companies to allow them to more easily raise capital ...

THE Senate impeachment court is considering adding morning sessions to its regular afternoon hearings in an attempt to wrap up Chief Justice Renato Corona’s trial by March 23, when Congress goes on a Lenten break.