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Continue reading the main storyA pair of proposals would invest in infrastructure, education, work force development and fighting climate change, with the aim of making the economy more productive.A wind farm in Carbon County, Wyo. Clean energy is among the areas that would see investment under President Biden’s inf...

Continue reading the main storyPresident Biden for the first time said he favored a return to the requirement that opponents occupy the floor when making their case against legislation. Senator Mitch McConnell promised a “scorched earth” response.VideoOn Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell warned Democrats that if they...

The chamber approved the package after a grueling marathon of amendment votes and last-ditch negotiations. The measure must now clear the House a second time.

President Biden blessed the plan to lower the income cap for Americans receiving checks of up to $1,400, a crucial concession to moderates whose backing is needed to pass the bill.

The $1.9 trillion pandemic aid bill narrowly passed the House, but now must maneuver through a procedural and political thicket in the Senate.

The parliamentarian ruled that the provision, which would gradually increase the wage to $15 an hour, violated the strict budgetary rules that limit what can be included in the package.

The verdict was unlikely to be the final word for former President Donald J. Trump, his badly divided party or the festering wounds the Jan. 6 riot that prompted the impeachment left behind.

The Democratic House impeachment managers opened their case against the former president with a narrative of his monthslong effort to overturn the election and raw footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Democrats agreed to limit direct checks for high earners but defeated several Republican amendments to a budget resolution key to passing the president’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan.

The House passed a budget blueprint to allow the president’s $1.9 trillion plan to speed through Congress without Republican backing. But President Biden said he was open to negotiating the details.

As President Biden negotiated with Republicans who want to scale back his $1.9 trillion plan, his party initiated a Senate process to allow for quick passage along party lines.

The president met at the White House with Republican senators seeking a much smaller stimulus plan, but congressional Democrats pressed forward to force through his $1.9 trillion measure, if necessary.

All but five Republican senators voted to challenge the constitutionality of the trial, suggesting that Democrats were unlikely to find the 17 they would need to join them in convicting the former president.

In an effort to mark a clean break from the Trump era, the president-elect plans to roll out dozens of executive orders in his first 10 days on top of a big stimulus plan and an expansive immigration bill.

A mob of protesters interrupted certification of the 2020 electoral votes, injecting uncertainty into what happens next in the largely procedural action.