Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday set the stage for Senate Republicans to begin moving forward next ...

President Donald Trump renewed his demand for the Senate's "blue slip" tradition to be done away with and urged Senate ...

The campaign to expedite the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s nominees by changing Senate rules gained ...

Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) made the case that Republicans have an electoral mandate to confirm Trump’s nominees in a timely fashion.

Opposition to ending the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule has softened, now that Republicans hold the majority in the upper ...

Senators approve of a nominee by returning their blue slip to the Judiciary Committee Chairman. If a senator does not return ...

During a recent budget hearing held by the Senate, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) needed to tell Commerce Secretary Howard ...

Senate Republicans are considering changing Senate rules to speed up confirmation of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees.