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September 6, 2016

Senate Democrats block measure to battle Zika virus

Lawmakers returning to Washington after a seven-week break picked up right where they left off — feuding about legislation to battle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and deadlocked over the defense budget.

July 27, 2016

Lawmakers push to speed deportation of illegal immigrant criminals

Connecticut lawmakers introduced legislation Monday in Congress that would expedite the deportation of undocumented immigrants who have committed violent crimes in the U.S.

July 14, 2016

Zika threat in US getting bigger, experts testify

At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, three senior U.S. government officials warned the Western hemisphere is under threat from the Zika virus, and that Florida, Puerto Rico and Brazil are the regions most at risk, McClatchyDC reported.

July 13, 2016

Congress passes aviation bill to close airport security gaps

Congress has passed an aviation bill that attempts to close gaps in airport security and shorten screening lines, but leaves thornier issues unresolved.

July 6, 2016

Protesters disrupt Senate vote on labeling genetically modified food

Protesters briefly disrupted the Senate Wednesday, tossing paper money from the visitors' gallery and chanting, "The Senate can be bought" as lawmakers voted to move ahead with legislation that would require labeling for food products containing genetically modified organisms.

June 29, 2016

Senate approves Puerto Rico financial rescue package

The Senate approved a financial rescue package for Puerto Rico Wednesday, sending the measure to President Obama's desk two days before the island was to default on a $2 billion debt payment.

June 23, 2016

White House threatens to veto $1.1B GOP Zika bill

The White House Thursday promised that President Barack Obama would veto Congress' response to the president's request for funding to fight the Zika virus, saying it provided too little money and contained too many partisan provisions.

June 20, 2016

Gun control measures fail to clear Senate hurdle

The first two votes in a series of four dueling gun control measures in the Senate were defeated Monday evening in the first proposed legislation in the wake of the Orlando terror attack.

June 20, 2016

Senate set to vote on 4 gun control measures, none expected to pass

A week after the Orlando terror massacre, U.S. lawmakers will bring a set of dueling gun control measures to the Senate floor Monday — and all are expected to fail.

June 16, 2016

Democratic senator wages filibuster to push vote on gun control measures

A Democratic senator ended a nearly 15-hour-long filibuster on the Senate floor early Thursday, part of an effort to force a vote on gun control legislation in the wake of Sunday's terror attack in Orlando.