In a rare procedural move, the House and Senate briefly convened in mostly empty chambers today to prevent President Donald ...

According to CSPAN's Craig Caplan, "Senate just agreed by unanimous consent at the request of Majority Leader Thune to hold pro forma sessions every 3 days following today’s session and not return for ...

A decision by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to schedule pro forma sessions throughout the August recess which will ...

McLaughlin, however, took issue with Lee’s pushing for recess appointments. “At that point, the Senate may as well disband.” ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate’s rules to ...

"Historically bad nominees deserve historic levels of scrutiny," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer maintained.

The Senate confirmed some nominees Saturday, but left many others hanging before starting their August recess.

Hours of tense negotiations to strike a deal on President Donald Trump’s nominees blew up Saturday night, and now lawmakers ...

More than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees for positions throughout the federal government await Senate confirmation ...

On Saturday, the Senate confirmed one of the more high-profile nominees on the calendar — Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s pick to serve as Washington D.C.’s top prosecutor. The onetime New York judge, ...

The Senate is on recess after senators couldn't come to an agreement to allow President Trump's judicial nominees.