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The enduring career of Chuck Schumer, who rose a House Representative in the early 1980s to powerful...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Senate Majority Leader...
This one chart shows an unprecedented recent spike in age for Congress, posing a huge problem for...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
Why power in Congress is now so precarious
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoControl of Congress has become so precariously balanced between the two parties that it may now be subject to the butterfly effect. The butterfly effect...
A history of government shutdowns: 14 times funding has lapsed since 1980
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWashington — Congress appears to be barreling toward another government shutdown, with Republicans...
Suited for the Senate: Memmott says he has right attire to run for Congress
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEditor's note: This column was written before the news that the U.S. Senate is reinstating its...
Photos: Dianne Feinstein | 1933 – 2023
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAmerican politician San Francisco Board of Supervisors member (and future US Senator) Dianne Feinstein as she attends a Candidates' Day event at the...
The last of the GOP dealmakers calls it quits
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) in his surprise announcement that he would vacate his leadership role in November, said, “I have many...
Why Newsom’s Senate appointment gives California voters more power in the 2024 election
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDianne Feinstein’s death, and the subsequent decision to fill her U.S. Senate seat with Laphonza...
NC Senate leader Phil Berger won’t face Republican primary challenge from sheriff
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 5 months agoThere was talk that Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page might run against powerful Senate leader Phil...
Frank Chopp is the latest of a dozen lawmakers who will not return to their posts
The Olympian via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFormer Washington state Speaker of the House Frank Chopp announced his retirement from the...