The Latest Breaking News from Chuck Schumer

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are transforming the federal courts at a blistering pace and creating an unrivaled legacy of diversity that will redefine the federal bench for a generation.

Like the Afghan Adjustment Act that we lament, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act also fell out of the Senate’s $1.7 trillion omnibus bill as senators wrapped up for the year. The $3.6 billion measure is needed to shore up the World Trade Center Health Program, providing…

The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.

For many politicians, bureaucrats, cops, lawyers and journalists, the buck didn’t stop anywhere.

LAS VEGAS — One year ago this week, Nevada’s most powerful federal representative died, but he still continues to play a major role in Silver State politics.

The 117th Congress opened with the unfathomable Jan. 6, 2021, mob siege of the Capitol

The Democratic-led House is moving toward passage of a $1.7 trillion government spending bill

Although both bills have broad bipartisan support, they never got a vote in the Senate and were excluded from the omnibus spending bill.

Deal that aims to finance federal agencies through September now goes to House

The nearly $1.7 trillion government funding package boosts defense and domestic spending and includes more than $44 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine.

The Senate appears back on track to pass a $1.7 trillion bill to finance federal agencies through September