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Byline: MARY CLARE JALONICK, BARBARA ORTUTAY; ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with [...]

Byline: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY Concerned the U.S. Center for SafeSport isn't doing the job Congress intended it to, two U.S. senators are asking sports governing bodies to answer a [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio introduced a resolution to block Washington, D.C.'s major police accountability legislation Thursday and expects to bring it to a vote next [...]

Byline: Mariana Alfaro President Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday to protect a new Labor Department rule that allowed retirement plans to incorporate risk factors such as [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said he wrote to the U.S. Senate on Monday morning to withdraw the city's criminal code revision legislation, before the Senate [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said he wrote to the U.S. Senate on Monday morning to withdraw the city's criminal code revision legislation, before the Senate [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said he wrote to the U.S. Senate on Monday morning to withdraw the city's criminal code revision legislation, before the Senate [...]

Byline: Liz Goodwin WASHINGTON - In July, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) spotted some of her Republican colleagues on the Senate floor and rushed over to tell them the good news. [...]

The 61-to-36 vote sends the legislation back to the House, which is expected to approve it and send it to President Biden. WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed landmark legislation on [...]

Byline: Amy B Wang WASHINGTON - The Senate is poised Wednesday to take a first procedural vote on the Respect for Marriage Act, which would enshrine marriage equality into federal [...]

Byline: Amy B Wang WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked legislation that would have required super PACs and other groups to disclose donors who give $10,000 or more during [...]

The chief negotiators were short of the 10 Republican votes that would be needed to win passage, but hoped to draw more support after the November elections. WASHINGTON -- Senate [...]

Byline: Robin Givhan The activists ultimately got what they came for, but having to plead for it was a reminder of the disrespect that lawmakers so often have for the [...]

Byline: Paul Kane WASHINGTON - The Senate overwhelmingly gave the final sign-off Tuesday on legislation designed to aid veterans fighting diseases they believe are linked to toxic exposure, particularly those [...]

Several Republicans who had backed the measure blocked it last week, drawing ire from Democrats and veterans groups who expected quick enactment. Another vote is planned for this week. WASHINGTON [...]

Byline: Leigh Ann Caldwell A bipartisan group of senators has unveiled compromise legislation to guarantee federal access to abortion, an effort to codify abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis The Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would enshrine the right to same-sex and interracial marriage in federal law, is only four short pages long. Yet [...]

Byline: Leigh Ann Caldwell WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of 16 senators on Wednesday released legislation that would clarify an 1887 law that President Donald Trump and his allies tried [...]

The bipartisan gun safety legislation that cleared Congress on Friday was the product of weeks of fraught negotiations that started with both sides acknowledging what had to stay off the [...]

Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure, helping to shatter a three-decade streak of inaction on substantial gun legislation. WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved bipartisan legislation on Thursday aimed [...]

The Senate passed the most substantial gun safety measure in decades. It includes enhanced background checks for younger buyers and money for mental health and school safety. WASHINGTON -- The [...]

The Supreme Court delivered a victory for gun rights, while the Senate passed a gun control bill for the first time in decades. WASHINGTON -- The nation's capital, so often [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis WASHINGTON - The Senate advanced legislation aimed at stanching acts of mass gun violence past a key procedural hurdle Thursday, voting to close debate and move toward [...]

Though the compromise does not go as far as many would have preferred, it is still seen as a serious step that could save lives. WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan gun [...]

The agreement, which falls short of the sprawling changes championed by Democrats, is a significant step toward ending a yearslong impasse over gun reform legislation. WASHINGTON -- Senate negotiators announced [...]

The conservative Texan's involvement in bipartisan talks means that an agreement, if there is one, is likely to include incremental steps. WASHINGTON -- Facing a national crisis with a devastating [...]

''Various politician have been trying to do this for years but they kept getting clock blocked,'' Jimmy Kimmel said of the Sunshine Protection Act, which passed Tuesday in the Senate. [...]

The bill's unanimous passage in the Senate ended more than a century of failed attempts to explicitly criminalize lynching. WASHINGTON -- The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make [...]

Byline: Cat Zakrzewski A bipartisan pair of senators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping bill that aims to give parents more control over their children's time online, following months of congressional [...]

After a top Senate official rejected a proposal to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants, Democrats said they would craft an alternative. WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats vowed on Monday to continue [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis WASHINGTON - A group of Democratic senators - including key centrist Joe Manchin of West Virginia - is set to introduce a pared-down voting rights, campaign finance [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis WASHINGTON-- Senate Democrats are scrambling to map out their next moves on voting rights as the clock ticks toward a key deadline this month, with Majority Leader [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday cleared a $2.1 billion emergency spending package that will avert a Capitol Police funding crisis sparked by the Jan. 6 riot [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats are preparing to release a revised voting rights bill as soon as this week, hoping to keep the legislation alive a month after [...]

Byline: Desireé Wiilliams, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Christina J. Allen has never seen so many families fleeing domestic violence. Allen, executive director of the FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center in [...]

Byline: Molly Hensley-Clancy WASHINGTON - A new bill from Congressional Democrats would allow college athletes to unionize, making it possible for students from across universities to band together to form [...]

The sprawling legislation, known as H.R. 1, could result in lawsuits leading to a dozen Supreme Court cases, legal experts said. WASHINGTON -- If the sweeping voting rights bill that [...]

The bipartisan vote was the first legislative action either chamber of Congress has taken to bolster law enforcement's response to rising attacks on the Asian-American community. WASHINGTON -- The Senate [...]

Byline: Paul Kane WASHINGTON - The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday designed to more forcefully investigate hate crimes, particularly those against Asian Americans following the March 16 shootings at three [...]

Democrats pushing a giant federal elections overhaul summoned leaders from the state, which has passed new voting restrictions, to spar over Republican efforts. Senate Democrats on Tuesday renewed their push [...]

Byline: Paul Kane WASHINGTON - Senate leaders are poised to move ahead Wednesday on the rarest types of legislation in this bitterly divided atmosphere, a bipartisan effort to investigate hate [...]

Byline: Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent For Print Use Only. If you want proof of the extraordinary radicalism of the Republican Party and the way it necessitates bringing majority rule [...]

The Senate leader is objecting to a plan that would raise costs for some of his constituents by bringing flood insurance rates in line with climate risks. WASHINGTON -- One [...]

Byline: Richard L. Hasen Are Democrats in Congress and their good government allies going to blow it again on voting rights? It sure looks like they could - by portraying [...]

For Print Use Only. The following editorial appears in The Washington Post. - - - The house of Representatives passed a pair of bills this week to try to bring [...]

Byline: Justin Grieser After a long, dark winter, our noticeably sunnier evenings are about to turn even brighter. At 2 a.m. Sunday, the clocks will 'spring forward' one hour as [...]

The bill, first passed by the Democratic-led House in 2019, faces a steep climb in the Senate. It was approved as Democrats and Republicans sparred more broadly over transgender rights. [...]