An anti-trans measure in US president Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act has been dropped at the last minute in a ...

People watch the 2025 Dawg Dazzle fireworks display at Harris Riverfront Park from the Robert C. Byrd Bridge on Thursday, ...

Today’s vote in the U.S. Senate, on Trump’s big bill, was dramatic. In the chamber, it was even more so. The Senate passed ...

The Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History & Education held an open house on Saturday to introduce its new director, archivist and administrative assistant to the public. Founding director ...

Up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits can be taxed—but a new deduction will reduce how much seniors need to pay.

Without being included in the reconciliation process, the measure would need to receive 60 votes in the Senate to pass, meaning it would almost certainly fail. Start the day smarter. Get all the news ...

Congress made its own New Year’s resolution: achieve fiscal discipline through the Budget Control and Impoundment Act. Like ...

By skirting the Senate parliamentarian’s power to police the boundaries of reconciliation bills, the GOP is putting the ...

Updated: July 19, 2010 Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, was a Senator for 51 years and a member of the House for 6, making him the longest-serving member of the Senate and Congress ...

It was a somber scene at Robert C. Byrd High School Tuesday as friends and family gathered to remember three former students ...

The Byrd rule, named after former West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, has been in place since the 1980s in order to limit irrelevant provisions within budget bills known as reconciliation bills.

Updated: July 19, 2010 Robert C. Byrd, a Democrat from West Virginia, was a Senator for 51 years and a member of the House for 6, making him the longest-serving member of the Senate and Congress ...