Senate

President Obama takes questions after he spoke at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Obama is promoting his budget proposal to make two years of community college free. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

House Republican on Obama’s #FreeCommunityCollege: ‘I don’t think he’s serious’

Justin Green · February 7, 2015 1:55 pm

President Ronald Reagan flanked by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, and Rep. Trent Lott, R-Miss. holds a Cabinet Room meeting on summer youth employment opportunities at the White House in Washington on March 25, 1985. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

Republican senator celebrates Ronald Reagan’s birthday with epic humblebrag

Justin Green · February 6, 2015 5:17 pm

"This bill shows that humility, it shows the consensus, it's a good example of how the Senate can work together on an important issue," Sen. Lamar Alexander. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Sen. Lamar Alexander floats blueprint to increase nuclear power production

Zack Colman · February 5, 2015 4:02 pm

In this Jan. 29, 2015 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah in the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The GOP’s Orrin Hatch problem

Michelle Malkin · February 4, 2015 5:22 pm

Flexibility for schools is key in No Child Left Behind debate

Beltway Confidential

Flexibility for schools is key in No Child Left Behind debate

Jason Russell · February 3, 2015 9:31 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wants to know why the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to delay customer service and refunds during tax filing season despite "wasteful and unnecessary spending" on union activity and bonuses. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Hatch to IRS: Cut bonuses and waste, not customer services

Susan Ferrechio · January 29, 2015 10:43 pm

Rep. Louie Gohmert joins critics of Obamacare to advocate for the law's repeal, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The 5 biggest obstacles to Republicans agreeing on an Obamacare alternative

Philip Klein · January 29, 2015 4:13 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, and Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the chairman of the Senate's labor committee, said their bill would prevent the board's general counsel from operating as an "activist" and prevent the board from making "politically motivated decisions and controversial regulations."Â (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans propose NLRB overhaul

Sean Lengell · January 28, 2015 9:49 pm

Protesters crash Senate hearing with U.S. trade rep

Protesters crash Senate hearing with U.S. trade rep

Sean Higgins · January 27, 2015 6:34 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg exits a stage after speaking with National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen at the museum Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo)

Senate GOP clear path for possible Obama Supreme Court pick

Sean Lengell · January 27, 2015 10:00 am

"I believe my work right now should not be in our nation's capital but here at home in California," Steyer said. (AP)

Energy and Environment

Tom Steyer won’t run for Senate

Zack Colman · January 22, 2015 9:37 pm

Republicans call foul as Obama soft-pedals Islamic terror, promotes Cuba concessions

Republicans call foul as Obama soft-pedals Islamic terror, promotes Cuba concessions

Susan Crabtree · January 20, 2015 10:20 pm