The CLARITY Act advanced in the Senate on a party-line vote, exposing its fragile path with zero Democratic support.

The Senate’s hopes of voting to avert a shutdown hit the skids late Thursday night as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has a hold on the package, putting final passage into question. Graham told reporters the chamber would not be voting,

The Senate voted 28-8 to extend Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers to unilaterally draw on contingency funding to cope with federal cuts.

The debate over congressional redistricting heated up Thursday as one Democratic senator demanded the full Senate be allowed to vote on the bill, before storming off the floor. But the bill still sits in committee,

A pair of Democratic senators is touting tens of millions of dollars in federal funding they “secured” for local projects in their home state despite voting against the legislation. Opposing a White House-brokered funding deal that cleared Congress on Tuesday and was signed into law by President Donald Trump didn’t stop Sens.

In the fight for control of the US Senate, the majority may come down to which factor carries more weight: the map or the environment.

The full Senate signed off on his nomination in a largely party-line roll call, 51-45, with several senators sitting it out, as reported by the Houston Chronicle. That vote followed Ganjei’s approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee late last year, making him the newest face on the Houston federal bench.

The SAVE Act has already passed the House, where Republican leaders argue the measure is a necessary safeguard against fraud and a common-sense reform supported by a broad majority of voters. The