The Latest Breaking News from Charles E. Schumer

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill Tuesday to codify federal recognition of same-sex marriage that got bipartisan support because of added measures on religious liberty protections.

WASHINGTON — Aiming to avert a Dec. 9 railroad work stoppage estimated to cost the economy $2 billion a day, House and Senate leaders of both parties promised to pass legislation soon that would enact the White House’s rail union agreement that is opposed by most rail union workers.

The Senate took another step Monday to pass a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and codify federal recognition of same-sex marriage.

Democrats want to address the debt limit before this Congress, and likely their control in Washington, ends at the close of the year. 

Democrats will control the Senate in the 118th Congress. Only one seat has flipped so far, the result of Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's win.

As a block, this year’s midterm races did not go as expected. But even as Democrats stemmed their losses in the House and as the Senate still hangs in the balance, a frequent theme of the House and Senate map remained: The battle was fought on some unexpected turf. No,…

After winning his own reelection in New York, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer talked as though he would keep that job next year.

LOL, GOP? Really?

Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock's race with Republican Herschel Walker is rated a Toss-up and could decide Senate control.