AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File Wednesday's 100-senator vote was on a motion to advance the Social Security Fairness Act, known as H.R. 82, to an official vote. The legislation was introduced by ...

Government retirees like teachers, police and their spouses are one step closer to securing their full Social Security benefits after the U.S. Senate agreed Wednesday to hold a floor vote on the ...

WASHINGTON—The Senate advanced a bill extending billions of dollars in Social Security benefits to some public-sector workers whose payments are currently limited, a near-final step in a drawn ...

Washington — The Senate approved the mammoth $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, despite concern from some Democrats over a controversial policy restricting gender ...

The Senate Banking Committee has scrapped a vote to advance the renomination of Democrat and crypto-skeptic Securities and Exchange Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw to another term as Wall Street's ...

The Senate on Wednesday passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill that sparked controversy when House Speaker Mike Johnson amended the legislation with language forbidding the use of federal ...

A special sendoff after almost two decades in Washington, D.C.Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (D) will give his final speech on the Senate floor before leaving office. Brown has served as Ohio's ...

Republican Pennsylvania senator Doug Mastriano added a picture of a “Star Wars” prop in an otherwise serious-sounding social media post voicing national security concerns over drone sightings ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) argued the bill “would ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits, simply because they chose at some point ...

Senate Democrats made a final and ultimately futile gambit Tuesday to advance legislation to insulate the federal workforce from President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to reinstate Schedule F and ...