Minnesota Democrats and wilderness advocates are raising alarm about a proposal in the U.S. Senate that would allow the federal government to do border control operations and install tactical infrastructure and surveillance systems in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

The $153 billion legislation would allocate $133 billion in discretionary funding for the VA and about $20 billion for military construction.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end Wednesday night after President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan funding measure approved by both chambers of Congress, restoring full federal operations after 42 days of partial closure.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have reached a deal with Democrats over major outstanding issues in a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and said they are ready to vote to take up the bill. A test vote is possible Wednesday evening. It would require 60 ...

"I was sort of shocked by that housing debate," Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday about the House session Wednesday.

With an appeal to think big, President Joe Biden is promoting his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan directly to Americans. The administration is summoning public support to push past GOP opposition lining up against the plan. Biden picked up help Monday ...

Decades of proposals to reorganize USDOT consistently stall not for policy reasons, but because of fragmented and overlapping Senate committee jurisdictions. Meaningful USDOT reform will only be possible if Congress first modernizes its own committee structure.

While Senate Bill 2111 was widely covered for the $1.5 billion it drives to transit throughout Illinois and its governance reforms in the Chicago region, the more than 1,000-page bill outlines a new approach to public transportation.