Laura Fine spoke about the Healthcare Protection Act, which the legislature passed last year. Many of its provisions deal with mental health services, such as granting patients seeking mental health ...

The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting to allow the measure to proceed for a final vote on Friday. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., voted against it, saying she refuses to give Trump ...

Troop pay will be protected and money to cover an upcoming pay raise for junior enlisted service members will be secure after ...

A group of 10 Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), on Friday voted to advance a Republican-crafted bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, taking a crucial ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Friday afternoon that the Senate would begin voting immediately on a ...

The measure, which passed with bipartisan support and minor changes, now heads back to the House. It is just the second ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. Two top Illinois Democrats, Gov. JB Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, said today that they oppose a Republican-led stopgap measure that would avert a partial government ...

Now that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Bill Pulte as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), reports have it ...

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement announcing she will vote no on Republicans’ extremely ...

The federal firings have affected an estimated 6000 veterans, who make up a disproportionate share of the government ...

The U.S. Senate on March 12 confirmed President Trump’s nominee, who was a former EEOC commissioner and Department of Labor (DOL) official, to serve as Deputy Secretary.