Freshman Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno as Presiding Officer is seen as Senators deliberate on the floor conferring with a reading clerk before announcing the roll call vote on the motion to invoke ...

Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty as Presiding Officer announces the confirmation of Brooke Rollins to serve as Secretary of Agriculture in the second Trump Administration.

Voters in Florida Senate District 19 should have the opportunity to put Debbie Mayfield back into the Senate seat she held until last November. It seems so cut-and-dried that it would be unimaginable ...

After much anticipation and some griping from the other side of the Capitol, the Mississippi Senate on Wednesday released its tax-cutting proposal. It nearly mirrors what Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, ...

Governor Abbott has reappointed Robert Jenkins, Jr. as presiding officer of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority ...

The DeSantis administration has had to invent a blockade to prevent state Rep. Debbie Mayfield, who supported Donald Trump ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Senate has unanimously backed an effort to establish a Fallen Peace Officers Memorial Highway. Senators on Friday, Jan. 31, voted 44-0 to approve Senate Bill 2277 ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday, marking a return to public office for the northwestern Wisconsin Republican after a ...

Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, and Sen. Jeremy Miller, R-Winona, as “co-presiding officers.” They also split Senate committee seats between the parties and appointed co-chairs.

Bessent, 62, is a longtime hedge fund manager, Trump donor and adviser. He'll be the point person for Trump on a host of key economic issues.

The resulting 50-50 vote in the chamber necessitated a tiebreaking vote by Vice President JD Vance in his role as presiding officer in the Senate. During confirmation hearings, Hegseth backtracked on ...