served as Senate majority leader. Before Cochran and Lott, there were James Eastland and John Stennis representing Mississippi in the Senate. Eastland chaired the Judiciary Committee, and Stennis ...

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth narrowly earned enough Republican support to clear a key Senate hurdle and is now all ...

ST. PAUL — Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic died Friday following a battle with cancer. She was 62. Her family said she died surrounded by loved ones. “She had a heart of ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, opened the two-year Senate session Friday with a vow to keep the filibuster. The filibuster is a controversial legislative tactic ...

The plan would reduce the state’s $7 billion general fund by $1.1 billion over 10 years. Losses would be partially offset by ...

Transform your bedroom with these buttery soft sheets WASHINGTON – New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his ...

A 58-year-old retired high school civics and history teacher, Lawson is the newly elected Senate majority leader. She is also president of the National Education Association Rhode Island ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) in his first prepared address as Senate majority leader says “preserving” the filibuster will be one of his top priorities, making an early move to quash any talk of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority ...