Senate

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, from left, Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talk to reporters about the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act to reform the federal environmental review and permitting process, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The 24 Democrats and one Republican who voted against advancing the Senate permitting bill

Callie Patteson · November 9, 2026 7:10 pm

Lee, Moore Capito, Whitehouse, and Heinrich.

Major bill to cut red tape for energy projects clears Senate hurdle

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., heads to an intelligence briefing in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol with the director of national intelligence and other congressional leaders, as Congress returns to work following the midterm elections, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Thune denies meddling in shadow contest to replace Blackburn in Senate: ‘Not my call’

Democratic Senators

PICTURED: Talarico, el Sayed, and new Senate Democrats descend on Congress for first time after midterm ‘bluenami’

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks to reporters with a blurred hand in front of the shot as he gestures, as the Senate holds a procedural vote on the nomination of Emil Bove, who served on President Donald Trump's criminal defense team, to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2025.

Ron Johnson plans leadership election walkout in protest of quick vote: ‘I’ll leave the room’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, center, speaks during a news conference after a Senate Republican weekly luncheon meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. McConnell says he is "somewhat optimistic" after conversations with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that there will be more cooperation on nominations and appropriations.

Mitch McConnell deflects when asked about anonymous New York Times op-ed

Naomi Lim September 6, 2018 1:51 am

Grant Woods gives a tribute during a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at North Phoenix Baptist Church on Aug. 30, 2018, in Phoenix.

McCain chief of staff weighing Senate run as Democrat: Report

Allison Elyse Gualtieri September 6, 2018 12:44 am

Senate unanimously passes bill banning pharmacy ‘gag clauses’ in Medicare

Kimberly Leonard September 5, 2018 7:03 pm

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looks back at his family as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2018.

Kavanaugh got ‘big hug’ from kids after chaotic confirmation hearing

Pete Kasperowicz September 5, 2018 6:18 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, smile together during a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty" â a reference to the Senate's Democratic leader.

Dems force Senate shutdown to protest Kavanaugh hearing

Pete Kasperowicz September 5, 2018 5:25 pm

Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., talks about his appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., to fill Sen. John McCain's seat in the U.S. Senate at a news conference at the Arizona Capitol Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Phoenix.

Jon Kyl sworn into office, giving Senate GOP 51 votes

Al Weaver September 5, 2018 4:57 pm

Sen. John Kyl, R-Ariz., talks outside his office in the Capitol on Oct. 1, 2008, in Washington.

Jon Kyl’s lobbyist past is a problem

Philip Wegmann September 4, 2018 9:53 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, is pictured at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

3 things you should know about Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process

Jenna Ellis September 4, 2018 8:43 pm

Mitch McConnell accuses Dems of ‘hyperventilation and orchestrated antics’ over Kavanaugh

Susan Ferrechio September 4, 2018 8:19 pm

Sasse Rises Above

Andrew Egger September 4, 2018 6:52 pm

Jon Kyl Will Succeed McCain in Senate

Haley Byrd September 4, 2018 5:56 pm

Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh

Scrapping the filibuster to confirm Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh will have long-term costs

Erin Dunne September 4, 2018 4:30 pm