The Democratic-controlled Senate is on a path toward defeating tea party attempts to protest President Barack Obama's health care law by delaying a must-pass emergency spending bill.
Farm-state lawmakers hoping for passage of a farm bill by the end of the year will have to first bridge a deep divide between the House and the Senate over the role of the government in helping the nation's poor.
Supporters of Sen. Mike Enzi have created a super political action committee to help the Republican incumbent fend off what could turn into an expensive primary challenge from Liz Cheney.
A Senate panel's deep divide over giving President Barack Obama the authority to use U.S. military force against Syria underscores the commander in chief's challenge in persuading skeptical lawmakers and wary allies to back greater intervention in an intractable civil war.
Liz Cheney, who's running for a U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming, bought a state resident fishing license last summer just months after moving to the state.
U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi says he will continue to do what he believes is right, even if it's not popular, as he faces a Republican primary challenge from Liz Cheney.