Senate Democrats held more than 100 events railing against Republican policies in the first week of their summer recess, part ...

More than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees for positions throughout the federal government await Senate confirmation ...

Listening to updates at the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association are from left, Lee Lutz, Maryland State ...

Trump had floated recess appointments at the start of his term as a way to push through some of his more controversial ...

Congressional Republicans aren’t ready to cede power to President Donald Trump to swiftly install nominees during recesses ...

The massive backlog of nominees comes just ahead of the Senate's summer recess, which lasts from Aug. 4 to Sept. 1.

But, Congress’s do nothing behavior – since Jan. 20 -- is more alarming as their inaction risks normalizing executive overreach, enables unchecked presidential power, ignores laws, weakens democracy ...

Liberal backlash against the recent GOP-backed spending bill hangs over Republican members up for reelection in swing districts.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the trade deal negotiated between the United States and the European ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet on the U.S.

Nominations and appropriations remain at the forefront of the Senate's agenda for the final scheduled workweek before August ...

Sen. Mike Lee is urging his Senate colleagues to cancel August recess and continue confirming President Donald Trump's ...