Colorado’s Democratic leaders blasted congressional Republicans’ tax bill as a “complete betrayal” after the bill passed the U.S. Senate and hurtled toward its potential ...

Senate Republicans have narrowly advanced a sprawling budget bill that is pivotal to President Donald Trump's second-term agenda ahead of a self-imposed 4 July deadline. The Senate moved 51-49 to open ...

Alaska and Hawaii could be temporarily exempted from paying for some costs of the nation’s largest anti-hunger program after last-minute negotiating from lawmakers.

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The finish line will come after a whirlwind of votes, nicknamed a "vote-a-rama," on what are expected to be dozens of amendments.

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, said she will force a vote on the proposal for food stamps, which offers up ...

The Senate Republican tax bill speeding to passage includes the biggest reduction of funding for the federal safety net since at least the 1990s.

GOP wants to cut waste. Critics say SNAP exemption could do opposite. Republicans sought to make states pay for some food-assistance benefits, but watchdogs say an exception added to the bill ...