Harry Reid

The Senate presented the final price tag of $858 billion for President Obama's tax deal Republican leaders and began debating the package Thursday night. The Senate aims to vote on the bill Monday, a week after it was first announced, The Wall Street Journal reported. It is expected to clear the...

The Nevada Democratic Senator is trying to introduce legislation that would legalize online poker gambling. Advocates say Congress's lame-duck session could provide an opening for the bill, while opponents put its chances at slim to none.

President Barack Obama, who has disagreed with Republican Congress members on whether to extend George W. Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans beyond this year, said Tuesday that he will work with U.S. senators on finding some sort of tax-policy agreement by the end of the year.

The Senate will not vote on extending any of the Bush-era tax cuts until after the November election. "Democrats believe we must permanently extend tax cuts for the middle-class before they expire at the end of the year, and we will," Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...

Republican senators blocked a vote on a bill to provide aid for small businesses, using procedural tactics to stymie President Obama's election-year agenda. Each side accused the other of playing politics.

Senate Democrats may introduce an energy bill this week to improve safety on offshore oil-drilling rigs and to convert trucks to run on natural gas. Majority Leader Harry Reid may unveil the bill as early as today.

The appointment of 36-year-old Carte Goodwin to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd appears to give Senate Democrats the 60 votes they need to defeat a GOP filibuster and pass an extension of unemployment insurance.

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to pass the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression, handing President Barack Obama a key election year victory.

Congressional Democrats are aiming for a final vote on the financial reform bill soon, which they say will prevent future financial meltdowns like the one that plunged the economy into a devastating recession.

Democrats moved a step closer to passing a Wall Street reform bill -- and handing President Barack Obama an election-year victory -- after securing the support of three Republican senators: Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both of Maine, and Scott Brown of Massachusetts.