Senate Democrats said today they prefer letting the conference committee keep working to strike a single complete deal covering the payroll tax extension and the other two policies that are set to expire at the end of the month — unemployment insurance and the so-called...

Senate Republicans said today that discussions were under way regarding a possible legislative response to President Obama’s controversial contraception rule that health insurance cover birth control for women, arguing that it’s not an issue of contraception but of  religious liberty. “This is unprecedented. This is...

Democrats in the Oklahoma Senate plan to file legislation this week that would require health insurers in the state to offer child-only insurance policies that covers anyone under age 18 — including newborns — not covered by family plans or Medicaid, two of the party#39;s top senators said Thursday.

Tighter restrictions on clinics, more detailed police reports and making sure hospitals get paid are all part of a Senate proposal introduced Monday to make major revisions to the state's much maligned no-fault auto insurance market.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee advanced a bill to approve billions of dollars in funding for national flood insurance just weeks before the troubled program is set to expire and as a series of storms swamps the country.