Senate

Without action, disabled workers and their dependents would see a 19 percent cut to benefits at some point in next year's fourth quarter. (Getty)

Disability funds for 11 million people would run out in final days of 2016 election

Joseph Lawler · July 26, 2015 4:01 am

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, walks with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., toward the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2015. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP leader: House won’t take up Senate highway funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 22, 2015 4:19 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was unbowed after the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare subsidies in a major victory Thursday for the White House. (AP Photo)

Hatch calls for Planned Parenthood investigation

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 22, 2015 2:25 pm

Dems stopped the measure from moving to the Senate, even though it was co-authored by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. (Getty)

Democrats block bipartisan highway funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 21, 2015 9:20 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,Â brokered aÂ long-term highway funding measure withÂ top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. (Graeme Jennings/WEX)

Senate highway deal faces roadblocks

Susan Ferrechio · July 21, 2015 7:37 pm

Five of the biggest and oldest tax breaks account for 51 percent of the cost, Sen. Orrin Hatch says. (AP file)

Senate panel advances $96 billion package of tax breaks

Joseph Lawler · July 21, 2015 6:01 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on Monday demanded an investigation by a federal watchdog on Obamacare enrollees who received advanced tax credits but didn't file their taxes.Â (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hatch demands probe of $2.4 billion in Obamacare credits

Robert King · July 21, 2015 4:01 am

The solar investment tax credit was't included in the list of 52 provisions announced late last, largely because it expires at the end of 2016. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Solar industry steams as tax credits dry up

Zack Colman · July 21, 2015 4:01 am

House, Senate, Obama in three-way tug of war on education

Susan Ferrechio · July 19, 2015 12:01 am

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. is surrounded by reporters as he walks to a luncheon with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hatch demands answers on administration’s Puerto Rico strategy

Susan Ferrechio · July 17, 2015 5:03 pm

A worker sweeps a road near wind turbines at the Dafancheng Wind Power Plant, the largest of its kind in Aisa, on September 2, 2007 in Dafancheng of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Â (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Wind subsidy would be extended in Senate tax package

Zack Colman · July 17, 2015 4:52 pm

Having already been through a months-long legislative process, the smooth, two-day conference committee was surely a relief for members and staff on the House and Senate education committees. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Winners and losers in the Senate’s fix to No Child Left Behind

Jason Russell · July 16, 2015 8:43 pm