Although Democrats are out of power in D.C., anxious Illinoisans want lawmakers to step up to block Donald Trump initiatives.

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...

The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown.

Illinois Republican senators have filed bills that would combat the state’s fentanyl crisis and further punish major ...

The bill — a continuing resolution that will essentially extend fiscal 2024 spending levels through the start of the 2026 fiscal year — is backed by President Trump.

The U.S. Senate cleared a stopgap spending bill Friday that will fund the government through the end of September.

The U.S. Senate cleared a stopgap spending bill Friday that will fund the government through the end of September, sending ...

Senate Democrats are staking out their positions on a bill to temporarily fund the government, known as a continuing resolution (CR), which would avert a federal shutdown.

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

A former Illinois state Senator just became the first Republican to file to succeed U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds. Jim Oberweis, former Chair of Oberweis Dairy, filed on March 5 to run in Florida’s 19th ...