Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) offered a grim outlook on the fates of competing bills aimed at keeping student loan interest rates from doubling in July.

A trio of top administration officials told lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that they must support passage of the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Secret Service director Mark Sullivan apologized for a prostitution scandal that put an unwelcome spotlight on the agency.

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla) spoke on the need of better leadership for America.

By Elizabeth Vlock Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) told the Center for American progress Tuesday that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) delivery system reform clauses have the potential to reduce health care spending by 700 billion to 1 trillion annually by cutting “drivers of unnecessary and excess cost in the United…

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) says he doesn’t mind the fact that he hasn’t heard from President Obama in weeks.

SEC Chairwoman Mary Shapiro and CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler played defense to some tough questions Tuesday from the Senate Banking Committee

New legislation unveiled on Tuesday in the Senate is partially aimed at allowing more skilled foreign workers to remain in the U.S..

U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan will testify in front of Senate lawmakers later this month.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) questioned the U.S. State Department’s decision to award a travel visa to Mariela Castro Espin, the niece of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.