How skilled a politician is she? She is the first senator from Maine to be popularly elected to five consecutive terms, and ...

In the name of protecting the balance of powers, the Court is radically refashioning that balance.

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 or on Ken Burns' website For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and ...

With the shutdown ball squarely in the Senate’s court, a fair question feels timelier than ever: Is the United States Senate what our Founders envisioned it to be — or has it fallen short of their ...

A Republican measure to keep the government funded until Nov. 21 stumbled in the Senate after clearing the House, leaving lawmakers without a clear path forward to avoid a funding lapse at the end of ...

The United States Senate is at a precarious moment. From tariffs to agency funding to foreign affairs, the Senate’s check on the executive branch is arguably weaker than ever, with some critics, and ...

There are no term limits for the United States Congress, and an analysis by the Get the Facts Data Team found that members of the 119th Congress have been in office for nearly two terms in the Senate ...

The official recognition, entered by Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-01), can be read in today’s issue of The Congressional Record. “As Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Arts Caucus, I’m proud to ...

WASHINGTON — The federal government has shut down after lawmakers in Congress failed to strike a deal on a funding bill, forcing agencies to furlough their "non-essential" employees. Under the ...

John Thune can move Lindsey Graham’s secondary sanctions bill and send a message to the White House and the Kremlin. If they can ignore the parliamentarian on electric vehicles, why not on their tax ...