Senate today passed a bill that would ban lawmakers from trading stocks based on the information they acquire while performing their Congre...

The amendments would make it mandatory for Islamabad to take concrete steps against militant groups like Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taib...

Framework includes immediate spending cuts of $1 trillion & special committee to recommend savings of up to $1.8 trillion later this year.

Senate Democrats are working on a new way to jump-start their stalled election-year jobs agenda while saving unemployment benefits for hund...

Senate Democrats have the 60 votes needed to approve a procedural motion on Thursday aimed at moving the financial-regulation bill towards ...

The US Senate will take a second vote on Tuesday on efforts by Democrats to overcome Republican objections and begin debate on financial ov...

Landmark $1-trillion legislation okayed by narrow margin, and is now in Senate.

The US Senate overwhelmingly approved today a bill targeting mortgage fraud and several other types of financial fraud, giving federal inve...

Democrats and Republicans are seeking changes worth tens of billions of dollars to President Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus package as th...

The US Senate plans to consider the housing legislation designed to shore up confidence in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and stem record mortg...

Major legislation to make the flying skies safer and more passenger-friendly faltered in the US Senate on Tuesday, a victim of squabbles be...

The Bush administration strongly opposed an effort by Republican and Democratic lawmakers to make the immigration bill easier.

Senate leaders agreed to a list of amendments to be considered, clearing the way for debate to resume.

Senate leaders agreed on Thursday night to revive stalled immigration legislation, capping a furious weeklong rescue attempt that drew Pres...

A fragile bipartisan compromise that would legalise millions of unlawful immigrants suffered a setback on Thursday when it failed a test vo...

The US Senate went into recess on Saturday prior to the November 7 Congressional polls having failed to move the civilian nuclear deal to t...

With the US Senate winding down its legislative business at the end of this week, the chances of it taking up the Indo-US nuclear deal for ...