Schumer defended his handling of the funding showdown with Republicans and imagined the flood of complaints he would be ...

Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters in the 2026 midterm elections select someone to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who has held the seat since 1997. The election ...

who was appointed to the role by the late Democratic Sen. Harry Reid. Thune has told the Washington Examiner and other outlets that such a move is out of the question. Thune said it was “pretty ...

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The 80-year-old lawmaker has served as whip since 2005, having been the top vote counter for the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) ...

A former top aide to previous Senate mainstays Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., told The Hill it's hard to tell how leadership elections will go because they’re closed-door votes ...

Washington — Sen. Dick Durbin announced Wednesday he ... First under former Democratic leader Harry Reid and now under Chuck Schumer, the Illinois Democrat has shepherded the caucus through ...

01/04/07 0 S.Res.7 A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate. 01/04/07 0 S.Res.10 A resolution notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a Secretary of the Senate. 01 ...

having served in the chamber since 1996 and as the Senate Democratic whip since 2005, a position that has given him influence with the party’s leader as the chief deputy for the late Harry Reid ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said he’s backing his colleague Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in his bid to become the next Democratic whip. The slot will be vacated next year when longtime Sen.