Congressional appropriators, the lawmakers with jurisdiction over government funding, were once among the most powerful figures on Capitol Hill — tough and often-revered negotiators who struck ...

"I would argue the folks closer to the operational side know better than we do, and I want to make sure that it's not all about big programs," Rob Wittman said.

AUSTIN __ A proposed $336.1 billion state budget advanced in a key Texas Senate committee Wednesday, setting it up for a floor debate as soon as next week as lawmakers figure out how to spend ...

Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal ...

WELL, THE FREEDOM CAUCUS WANTS TO LIFT PUBLIC VOICES AND OPPOSITION TO THE STATE BUDGET WITH PROPOSED TAX AND FEE INCREASES.

The president is confident Speaker Mike Johnson will put legislation on the floor to help the District of Columbia, according to a White House official.

Democrats have been sniping at each other in public since Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer helped pass a Republican ...

Leaders in the upper chamber of Congress occasionally have to take a political beating to protect their members in tough ...

Hundreds filed into UMass Lowell’s Moloney Performing Arts Center Tuesday evening for a town hall with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth ...

Chuck Schumer continues to face backlash from some members of his party after he voted in favor of a spending bill that ...

Hundreds of people angered by national politics are crowding town halls led by members of Massachusetts' all-Democratic ...