Senate

Latest Stories

University of Iowa student Angie Platt, 20, is seen on campus in Iowa City, Iowa, on July 1, 2013. College students taking out new loans for the fall term will see interest rates twice what they were in the spring — unless Congress fulfills its pledge to restore lower rates when it returns after the July 4 holiday. Platt said the increase in interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans will add to her debt load, which is expected to top $60,000 by the time she graduates. (Associated Press)

College loan rates double as frustration with Congress grows

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

SCHAUMBER: Restoring fairness to labor relations

By Peter Schaumber

Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky's Secretary of State (sos.ky.gov)

Alison Lundergan Grimes to challenge Mitch McConnell for Senate seat in 2014

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sens. John McCain (left), Arizona Republican, and Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, two of the authors of the immigration reform bill crafted by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight," shake hands on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, June 27, 2013, before the final vote. (Associated Press)

House GOP to Senate: No rush on immigration

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The 68-32 vote in favor of the immigration reform bill was a milestone for the Senate and for the immigration debate, but it was even more important for Sen. Mario Rubio, a first-term Florida Republican who won some but not all of the changes he promised he would try to accomplish. (Associated Press)

Sen. Marco Rubio’s political future is tied to success of immigration bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. President Obama gestures during a news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma, not pictured, at the Union Building on Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Pretoria, South Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama calls on House to pass immigration bill, praises Mandela in South Africa

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (Associated Press)

Congressman: Senate immigration bill unconstitutional

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents and K-9 security dogs keep watch at a checkpoint station, on Feb. 22, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Border Patrol agents have ‘serious concerns’ about Senate immigration bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Witness Rachel Jeantel continues her testimony during George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Thursday, June 27, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Jacob Langston, Pool)

The Wrap, From an NFL murder suspect to twists and turns in the Zimmerman trial, the week that was

The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Feb. 28, 2013, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada (right) and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, meet with reporters on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Senators’ votes on immigration were linked to personal experiences

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sens. John McCain (left), Arizona Republican, and Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, two of the authors of the immigration reform bill crafted by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight," shake hands on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, June 27, 2013, before the final vote. (Associated Press)

Immigration bill clears Senate, faces uncertain future in House; historic day for immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

People wait under a tree after they were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at a field in Edinburg, Texas. Agents took into custody 69 people suspected of entering the country illegally. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Gabe Hernandez)

Senate speeds toward immigration bill passage

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this June 26, 2013, file photo, Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, Fort Worth Democrat, stands in pink tennis shoes on a nearly empty Senate floor as she filibusters in an effort to kill an abortion bill in Austin. (Associated Press)

Texas abortion bill falls after challenge

By Chris Tomlinson and Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

"We have made some technical fixes and clarifying edits to the legislative language, but that's it. This is a routine step."

EDITORIAL: A run for the border

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, is at the center of negotiations to strike a deal on the cost of college student loans before rates double Monday. (Associated Press)

Senate Democrats under pressure in student loans battle

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican

Rep. Paul Ryan: Senate action makes final passage on immigration ‘even more likely’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

"We have made some technical fixes and clarifying edits to the legislative language, but that's it. This is a routine step."

As Democrats call on Congress to fix Voting Rights Act, GOP goes quiet

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"We're working on this, we can still do it. We have to make sure everyone's going to give a little," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Tuesday afternoon of progress on the immigration bill.

Slow-going on immigration in Senate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

TRACCI: The Gang of Eight’s deliberative betrayal

By Robert N. Tracci

“I don’t know how any Republican who supports border security can vote against this,” said Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who helped write the border security amendment. (Associated Press)

Immigration bill advances in Senate; border ‘surge’ amendment exposes GOP rift

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times