WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democratic leaders released a competing bill Wednesday that reflects their vision for how to fund the government on a short-term basis, drawing a marked contrast with the ...

House Republicans are gearing up to consider more than a dozen bills that would further limit Washington, DC’s self-governance, impose tougher punishments and roll back criminal justice reforms in the ...

While the possibility of a government shutdown looms, Congress faces a different Sept. 30 deadline to renew some provisions of the farm bill. That sweeping legislation funds everything from ...