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Colombia’s Senate has approved a labor bill that is expected to grant workers more overtime pay while making it harder for companies to hire employees on short-term contracts.
A proposal by Senate Republicans would adjust the pace at which some crucial home energy efficiency and electric vehicle tax credits are phased out in timelines different from what House Republicans proposed in the multitrillion-dollar tax bill they passed last month.
Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators at an emergency briefing in the wake of the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in her home over the weekend.
After weeks of gridlock and a missed deadline, Florida lawmakers finally voted on this year’s state budget on Monday, just two weeks before the fiscal year begins on July 1.
Senate Democrats were shaken to the core after seeing videos of officers aggressively pushing California Sen. Alex Padilla out of a news conference with the Homeland Security secretary and eventually restraining him on the floor outside the room.
The House has voted to cut about $9.4 billion in spending as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration pledged to ensure safety and upgrade the nation's outdated air traffic control system if confirmed.
Big changes are being proposed to a food assistance program as part of President Donald Trump's tax-cut legislation.
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts — it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into his mass deportation agenda.
Colombian conservative presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe is in critical condition after being shot in the head during an assassination attempt over the weekend.
Only six months into the job, Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a massive challenge as he tries to quickly pass President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending cuts package.
President Donald Trump’s big bill is likely to unleash trillions in tax cuts and slash spending, but also spike deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade and leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance.
Months after lawmakers proposed slashing bonuses for acceleration programs in half, full funding to pay for advanced placement programs in Florida public schools is expected to stay in place in the final version of the budget.
Needing to finish a budget for the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the House and Senate on Tuesday began slowly rolling out proposals to resolve spending and policy differences.
Elon Musk has blasted President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts as a “disgusting abomination."
Political analyst Daniel Cronrath joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton for this week’s episode of Politics & Power to break down Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' and how it aligns with Project 2025.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote, but turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult.
Nearly a month after leaving the Capitol without passing a budget, House and Senate leaders said Friday night they had reached an agreement that will clear the way for lawmakers to begin hammering out details of a spending plan Tuesday.
A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from removing and replacing the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.
Senate opposition led President Donald Trump to abandon his candidate to be the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital.
The budget reconciliation bill passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago.
The Senate has voted to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thrusday asked all of his Cabinet secretaries to submit resignations in a “bold reset” of his administration following last week’s mid-term elections, which saw more opposition candidates win crucial Senate seats.
The U.S. Senate is moving forward with an effort to block California's nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions.
Florida’s newest U.S. Senator, Ashley Moody, spoke on This Week in Jacksonville about her transition to Capitol Hill and her legislative priorities.
Missouri’s governor says he will call the Legislature into a special session to consider incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from moving to Kansas.
Senate Republicans have blocked a Democratic resolution to require more transparency from the Trump administration about deportations to El Salvador.
An ethics complaint stemming from Republican Daniel Cameron’s failed run for Kentucky governor has resurfaced as the former state attorney general campaigns for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky.
The Missouri House has endorsed a new package of financial incentives to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals playing in the state.
As budget talks remain stalled, House Speaker Daniel Perez said Tuesday the House has offered possibilities including a “lean, critical-needs budget with minimal spending and no tax cuts.”
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he will hold up all Justice Department nominations on the Senate floor until he gets more answers about the free Air Force One replacement that President Donald Trump says would be donated by Qatar.
Senate Democrats have blocked legislation to regulate a form of cryptocurrency after arguing that the bill needed stronger protections.
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, the lawmaker known for his unconventional and irreverent brand of politics, is in the news again after a blowup at a closed-door meeting with union allies and former staff aides who aired concerns about his mental health.
Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano has been confirmed by the Senate to serve as commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
The Florida Senate gave final approval to a bill that would open the door to some people pursuing medical-malpractice lawsuits over the deaths of family members on Thursday.
Florida lawmakers are still nowhere close to agreeing on a budget for the next fiscal year. That means the legislative session that was supposed to wrap up Friday will not end on time.
Senate Democrats plan to force a vote in the coming weeks on a resolution to require more transparency from President Donald Trump’s administration about deportations to El Salvador.
The North Carolina House advanced its own restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion practices for state agencies.
The Florida House overwhelmingly approved a plan last week that aims, in part, to ease financial strains on condominium owners, setting up negotiations with the Senate before the scheduled end of the 2025 legislative session.
Republicans in Congress are working to pump billions of dollars into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation and border security program.
The Florida House on Friday approved a $5.008 billion tax package after making a change to a controversial proposal about shifting money collected for tourism marketing.
Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature is moving forward with a series of proposals that would help charter schools, while Democrats argue the measures would chip away at traditional public schools.
Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, said philosophical differences are stalling progress with the state budget, specifically over tax relief plans.
With the Senate and House unable to reach agreement on tax cuts and spending, lawmakers will not finish negotiations on a new state budget in time to end the legislative session as scheduled next week.
The Senate on Wednesday sent back to the House a bill (HB 987) focused on road designations, after making changes that included a proposal to designate a four-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard.”
Barack Obama says he wouldn't have been a U.S. senator or president without the support of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who has announced he's not seeking reelection.
In the state capital, a bill now heading to the Senate floor could change the way leadership is chosen within Florida’s higher education system. The 15-page Senate Bill 1726 bill addresses various topics related to governance and accountability in Florida’s higher education institutions
Days after a mass shooting at nearby Florida State University, the state Senate appears poised to scuttle a controversial proposal that would allow people under age 21 to buy rifles and other long guns.
Development such as golf courses, pickleball courts and luxury lodges would be prohibited at Florida state parks under legislation passed Wednesday by the state House following a public outcry against such projects that were pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.
The Senate has produced the quickest top-level Cabinet confirmation process in the last 20 years under new Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota.
Bill heading to the Florida Senate floor establishes guidelines for when a staff member should be removed and when parents need to be notified.
A bill in the Florida Senate is taking a look at how college and university leadership is selected. The legislation has advanced through the Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education and is now one step away from reaching the Senate floor.
Voting rights groups warn legislation passed by the House requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone registering to vote could disenfranchise millions of Americans.
As the Florida Legislature considers two bills that could slash funding for popular acceleration programs in public schools, students, parents and school district leaders are sharing vocal opposition to the changes.
The House has passed a bill that limits the authority of federal district judges to issue nationwide orders.
House Republicans have abruptly postponed a late evening vote on their budget framework as grave misgivings from conservative GOP lawmakers threw it in flux.
A bill aimed at preventing a return of efforts to build golf courses, pickleball courts and resorts in state parks is ready to go to the full Florida House.
House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself in a familiar jam, with conservative Republican holdouts stalling action on President Donald Trump’s “big” bill of tax breaks and spending reductions.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is taking a version of his record-breaking Senate floor speech on the road.
Republicans in Congress are watching with unease as stock markets tumble in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts.
After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s ”“big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts.
A new Florida bill, filed in January by Florida State Senator Barbara Sharief, aims to decrease the number of families who are separated due to wrongful child abuse allegations.
North Carolina enacted a rare energy law in the South in 2021 that directed power plant emissions be sharply reduced.
An obscure bookkeeping matter has become the latest flashpoint in Congress as Democrats accuse Republicans of violating Senate norms.
Boxed into a vote on outlawing spending on gender affirming care for transgender prisoners, Georgia Democrats chose a third option Wednesday.
The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.
Republican senators unveiled a budget proposal that’s central to President Donald Trump’s agenda of tax breaks, spending cuts and border security.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is taking the fight over Medicaid cuts deep into Republican territory, visiting nursing homes in GOP-held districts to warn of what Democrats call devastating consequences if proposed federal rollbacks go through.
With President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada.
As the Florida House and Senate prepare to negotiate a new state budget, among the big issues they will face is a push by Senate President Ben Albritton, a citrus grower, to help the state’s struggling citrus industry.
The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won final approval from the House on Thursday.
A Florida Senate bill that would have allowed concealed carry on college and university campuses was voted down in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. Senate Bill 814, introduced by Sen. Randy Fine (R-Melbourne Beach), failed in a 3-4 vote.
A bill that emerged after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland may see some changes. In 2018, the state increased the age limit to 21 for purchasing a rifle or long gun. However, the Florida House recently approved a bill to lower the age back to 18.
The Florida House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a proposal that could lead to more medical-malpractice lawsuits, while a similar bill cleared a major hurdle in the Senate.
Democrat James Andrew Malone has narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities.
The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August without a deal between lawmakers and the White House.
Senate Bill 918 is looking to reduce restrictions on 16 and 17 year old employees. It's been met with criticism that it could lead to more exploitative practices from employers, but supporters of the bill say it's about giving parents rights to make decisions for what's best for their children.
Delaware lawmakers are putting aside protests from big investors and approving fast-tracked legislation that backers say will protect its status as the world's corporate capital.
Senate Democrats accuse the Environmental Protection Agency of breaking the law when they cancelled grants worth more than $1.5 billion focused on improving the environment in minority communities hit hard by pollution.
The Florida House and Senate on Tuesday continued moving forward with a proposal that would provide an exemption to the state’s voter-approved minimum wage for certain workers in on-the-job training.
