Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he feels confident Democrats will retain control of the Senate this fall, particularly after the recent announcements that Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe would not seek re-election and that Democrat Bob Kerrey would run in Nebraska.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate leaders struck a deal on Wednesday to move forward on stalled transportation legislation that now will include votes on a string of amendments, some controversial and unrelated to highway and transit construction. Majority leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said the chamber would begin slogging through 30 amendments on Thursday, and could wrap up work on the $109 ...

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree on Wednesday became the second big-name Democrat to decide against running for a U.S. Senate seat that#39;s being vacated by Republican Olympia Snowe, potentially handing over some Democratic support to the candidacy of her longtime friend, former independent Gov. Angus King.

After three Democratic senators joined Republicans to pass a budget out of the Democrat-controlled Washington state Senate, negotiations should move more toward budget sustainability.

RICHMOND — A leading Democrat said Sunday the Senate#39;s budget probably would not pass the full chamber at this point, potentially throwing the process of approving Virginia#39;s two-year, $85 billion spending proposal into a protracted partisan standoff. The House and Senate money committees each signed off on their respective spending ...