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Fact check: Senate GOP leader says health care often 'comes with a job'
Not all jobs provide health insurance or offer plans to all their workers. When they do, cost and quality vary widely.
Maine Senate approves 116 bills of the special appropriations table
In less than 48 hours, lawmakers had to decide how to appropriate up to $7 million in state funding for nearly 300 bills.
Marathon Senate vote on Trump's big bill drags out as Republicans struggle to find path to passage
With Sens. Rand Paul and Thom Tillis opposed to the package, GOP leaders can afford only one more defection. And multiple ...
Susan Shelley: Senate Bill 79 robs Californians of their right to enjoy single-family homes
This is a failure, not least because the government has managed to turn public transit and city sidewalks into filthy ...
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Here’s What The Senate Changed In The Big Beautiful Bill
The Senate passed President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” on Tuesday morning, but only after senators spent hours ...
Senate’s long day turns to night as GOP works to shore up support on Trump’s big bill
The Senate’s long day of voting has churned into a long night as Republican leaders grasp for ways to shore up support for ...
Student loans, gun silencers and a space shuttle: See surprises found in Senate tax bill
From gun silencers to the child tax credit, there are several secluded provisions lurking in the Senate's version of sweeping ...