Thune ‘optimistic’ shutdown may end this week, eyes spending bill through January

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is “optimistic” lawmakers can strike a deal to reopen the ...
WPTV

Florida lawmakers advance bill to let parents sue over miscarriage, stillbirth

One of the most contentious proposals of the 2026 legislative session has cleared its first Senate hurdle, by the slimmest of ...

Bill Ferguson says Maryland Senate won’t pursue congressional redistricting

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said that the state’s General Assembly will not move forward to redraw the state’s ...
WLRN

Florida Senate panel narrowly passes bill allowing lawsuits over wrongful deaths of fetuses

Grall is the sponsor of the bill, SB 164, which a Senate panel narrowly approved on Tuesday. It still has a long way to go ...
wandtv.com

Illinois Senate passes bill banning rent junk fees, House ends session without voting on plan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois Senate Democrats passed a bill Thursday to ban rental junk fees and require transparency for leases. Sponsors spent over a year on the plan to help roughly one ...
mlive on MSN

Michigan House speaker rejects Senate’s $71M food aid bill ahead of SNAP pause

House Speaker Matt Hall called the Senate plan "fake" and "political" while touting his work with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ...

Trump's push to abolish the Senate filibuster hits immediate Republican resistance

In a pair of late-night posts, Trump told Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote threshold ...

Live updates: Trump calls for Senate to discard filibuster, reopen government; SNAP benefits at risk

President Trump said late Thursday that the Senate should get rid of the filibuster so it could pass the government funding bill with a simple majority. “It is now time for the Republicans to play ...