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On Tuesday, the Senate resumed consideration of the...

The Senate has just voted to confirm Elena Kagan as the 112th Justice of the Supreme Court. The final vote was 63 in favor, 37 opposed. As anticipated, five Republicans –...

On 5/27/10, the Senate voted on four enforcement-only immigration amendments during debate on the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2010 (H.R. 4899)....

A frequent U.S. Senate critic of federal spending is stepping up his attack on grants handed out by the Department of Justice. The office of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) tod...

Nevada Sen. John Ensign, who is facing legal and ethics investigations that ultimately stem from an affair he had with the wife of an aide, set up a legal defense fund in...

Today Senator Arlen Specter announced in a USA Today op-ed that he will vote for Elena Kagan’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Specter says Kagan did “just enough” to ...

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Harvard Law School student Kurt White, a decorated Iraq war veteran, joined in a press conference this morning to counter Republican assertion...

 "Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned"

The Supreme Court is losing some its geographic diversity as Elena Kagan prepares to become the fourth sitting justice from New York City, replacing Illinois native Justi...

The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court began two months ago with a debate over the impact of judges' personal biases. It's ending the same way. Senators f...