The U.S. Senate’s delay to confirm President Barack Obama’s emergency judicial nominees has created backlogs of cases including juvenile immigration cases.
U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., faced criticism for doing a stereotypical Native American gesture during a California Democratic Party event and has since apologized.
Senate Republicans have been criticized for delaying the confirmation process of a Latino judicial nominee -- Luis Felipe Restrepo -- who was nominated by President Barack Obama last November 2014.
The Senate is no longer attempting to override President Obama's "double veto" on union organizing rules, despite the fact that it may be unconstitutional.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's boxing match is set for Saturday night, but the topic has made its way in the U.S. Senate. During an address on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, acknowledged the Mayweather-Pacquiao match will generate "hundreds of millions" into the state's economy.
The average U.S. income from the bottom 90 percent of tax filers have reportedly dropped as the immigration rate increased, according to a congressional report.
After a long delay, the Senate finally voted to confirm Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. Attorney General, making her the first African American woman to fill the position.
Almost 50 contracted workers from the U.S. Senate held a one-day strike on Wednesday, joining over 1,000 labor activists at a rally demanding President Obama and Congress to increase the minimum wage for federal contractors.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, recently sent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell a letter concerning the treatment, care and processing of unaccompanied undocumented immigration minors.
Following the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) formally filing criminal corruption charges against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., lawmakers from local and federal levels have reiterated their support for the New Jersey Democrat.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced his retirement and will not seek re-election in 2016. In a video message titled "Thank You!" Reid said his facial injuries result him to have "little down time" and take into consideration several issues.
Loretta Lynch’s U.S. Attorney General confirmation vote will likely be delayed due to the Senate’s gridlock on a human rights bill and language regarding abortion.
U.S. Sen. Robert "Bob" Menendez, D-N.J., vowed Friday that he was "not going anywhere" amid the alleged criminal corruption charges reportedly underway from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are reportedly preparing to file criminal corruption charges against Sen. Robert "Bob" Menendez, D-N.J. The DOJ is alleging that Menendez used his political office to encourage business interests of a Democratic donor and friend for gifts.
With the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's funding set to expire at midnight Friday, the U.S. Senate voted on an bipartisan effort to pass a "clean" bill for the department without amendments that would undo President Obama's executive actions on immigration reform.
Following the fourth failed vote to debate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fund bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced a new standalone legislation to block President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions.
