WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Senate Republicans are weighing whether to file a lawsuit to challenge President Barack Obama's controversial use of recess appointments, but such a suit looks legally shaky and could ultimately backfire with voters. Senators will likely make a decision on a possible lawsuit after they return to Washington on January 23, a senior Republican aide told Reuters ...

MANILA, Philippines - Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano believes the entire Senate will be placed under close scrutiny as the 23 senators sit as judges in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Plan based on 2010 Census data The Republican leadership's plan to redraw the state's 24 Senate districts was released yesterday, and it proposes significant changes to some areas of the electoral map, leaving senators to study how the moves might affect their re-election bids in November. The release of the plan follows the House's unveiling of its redistricting plan last month. Both chambers ...

The Senate had its fair share of excitement in 2011, including the return of three senators to the 23-member chamber and a flurry of inquiries, which catapulted several personalities to notoriety.   In the first week of January, detained Sen. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was given amnesty and joined the Senate the first time since he was elected in 2007.   A former Navy officer, Trillanes had ...

MANILA--The Senate officially on Monday afternoon received impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona's answer to an impeachment complaint that senators are expected to start hearing on January 16. Corona's reply was delivered by Dexter Corpus...