Senate

Liberal Democrats are all over the map when it comes to Syria.

Hopes the bill could win 70 or 80 votes are fading along with the chances that a key amendment sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn.

Reid has told Democrats not to worry about the House or Boehner's statements, he said.

Sen. Alexander has assembled an agenda Republicans would pursue with the nuclear option if they retake control of the chamber.

Democrats view Schweitzer as their best chance, by far, of winning the seat being vacated by Sen. Baucus.



Durbin is readying legislation aimed at pressuring the gun lobby to endorse the confirmation of a permanent ATF director. 

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is roiling the Senate immigration debate by offering several amendments that could give him an edge in a future Republican presidential primary.

“This hole in federal statutory law allows non-citizens to register and thereby encourages voter fraud,” Cruz wrote on Facebook.

Only 47 of 100 senators attended the briefing, leaving dozens of chairs in the secure meeting room empty.

Heritage Action for America, a conservative advocacy group, is urging lawmakers to vote against an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to strengthen border security.

Senate Republicans say adoption of Cornyn’s “Results” amendment could pave the way for comprehensive immigration reform passing the upper chamber with 70 votes.

But Heritage Action, the lobbying arm of the Heritage Foundation, says Cornyn’s proposal would not adequately improve enforcement provisions in the broader bill.

“Properly understood, it should be called ‘NO-RESULTS’ because it fails to solve the enforcement problems in the underlying bill,” the group wrote in its guidance for key Senate votes.