The state Republican party will consider whether to censure 10 Texas House members and possibly kick some of them off the March GOP primary ballot.

PBS NEWSHOUR: NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the federal government shutdown reaching ...

S.D., continues pushing House-passed continuing resolution while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demands ...

Senate Democrats held firm and chose to block a Republican spending bill Tuesday evening, guaranteeing a government shutdown — even as President Donald Trump threatened “irreversible” layoffs if the ...

In the second week of the government shutdown, both sides are fully in the midst of playing the blame game, trying to convince voters that the other side is responsible for the government coming to a ...

The Senate Democrats voted Tuesday almost in unison to defeat a House-passed bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, putting Washington on the brink of a government shutdown that could last for ...

The history of government shutdowns began in earnest in the nineteen-eighties. Even then, they were typically short and often revolved around a handful of issues. Not that there even was an issue all ...

I’ve been a Republican for more than 40 years, appointed by a Republican president – Ronald Reagan — to serve as a U.S. District Judge, and by another — George W. Bush — to serve in his cabinet as ...

The shutdown began at midnight on Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on legislation to fund the government. Democrats are seeking an extension of health care tax ...