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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Tuesday met with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for a second time, saying she would decide “relatively soon” if she’ll support her Supreme Court nomination.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself, the latest Democrat to call for the justice to step aside amid controversy over text message

The Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to advance Michigan State University professor Lisa Cook’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board after a committee deadlocked on her nomination earlier this month.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said Tuesday that she has an “agreement in principle” with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on legislation aimed at lowering the cost of insulin.

The House is poised to pass legislation this week that would legalize marijuana, just the latest example of the swiftly changing attitudes on drug laws that marks a near reversal from the Reagan-era “war on drugs” that also reverberated through th

House Democrats are set to pass legislation this week to legalize marijuana at the federal level. 

A push to limit trade with Russia, which has broad bipartisan support, is facing a slog in the Senate. 

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) set Twitter ablaze on Tuesday night when he started an ovation for President Biden during his first State of the Union address a little early. 

Democrats are seeing their legislative agenda upended by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a looming Supreme Court fight.

Congress is moving quickly to authorize new assistance for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion even as lawmakers wrestle with what, if any, sanctions legislation is needed.