State lawmakers are working to update Georgia law, worried the department's demise could affect licensing of police officers and others.

Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down on Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted ...

Wednesday marked a key deadline for lawmakers, as they had to pass all legislation without budgetary impacts out of the chamber they originated from.

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that could leave them looking even more hapless than they have so far in his ...

California lawmakers are urging the Los Angeles Dodgers to cut ties with their oil and gas sponsors following a formal ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi told a Chamber of Commerce audience that much depends on whether Congress slashes Medicaid and Medicare spending.

Senate Democrats are staring down a major dilemma as they agonize over how to handle the GOP’s stopgap spending bill in the ...

A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding legislation ...

State Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst and state Rep. Austin Baeth confirmed they are all considering running for the seat.

Senate Democrats are threatening to plunge the federal government into a partial government shutdown rather than supply ...