Parliamentarian of the United States Senate

A parliamentarian ruling touted as a breakthrough for the Democratic agenda is putting the Senate...

Senate Democrats could use the budget reconciliation process a second time by amending the 2021 budget, although the move is without precedent.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Saturday that amid the immediate emergencies of climate change, Covid-19, mass unemployment, and homelessness, congressional Democrats cannot afford to dampen their infrastructure ambitions in the hopes of winning support from obstru...

"They live in their world, and their world will be trying to obstruct as much as possible" the Vermont Senator said

The Senate parliamentarian issued a ruling Monday that could give Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer absolute control over the legislative process.

Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) possible legal issues may have just gone from bad to worse. Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax commissioner and key figure in...

Here's a look at what we know about the Senate parliamentarian's decision.

But inaction on infrastructure is not an option, he says

The party is split between a stubborn establishment and what some activists see as its overly conciliatory left flank.

The budget reconciliation process may advance an infrastructure package; immigration overhaul could be folded into that effort, too.

President Joe Biden once again changed his vaccination goals Tuesday, shortening the timeline for all American adults to be eligible to get a vaccine. And, a Senate rule change may allow him to move forward on infrastructure without Republican support. White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins are here to share the latest in Washington.

A decision by the Senate parliamentarian to allow Democrats to advance multiple reconciliation pa...

A surprise ruling from the parliamentarian opens the door.

Schumer's office declared success in his gambit to circumvent the filibuster and squeeze more opportunities to pass bills through reconciliation.

Earmarks appeared less likely in the $2 trillion infrastructure proposal after the White House said states will have to apply for the funding.

Former President Donald Trump has been out of office for more than two months, but he's still fighting with Congress over access to his tax information.Bloomberg reports that Trump lawyers this week asked a federal judge in Washington for a summary judgment against the House Oversight Committee's la...

On Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's spokesperson put out a seemingly dry statement that actually contained major news.The New York Democrat has found a new way to avoid Republican senators' obstruction on budget-oriented legislation:The Parliamentarian has advised that a revise...

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, joins CBSN to discuss the deadly shooting in Chattanooga.

With an appeal to think big, President Joe Biden is promoting his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan directly to Americans, summoning public support to push...

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