BOSTON (SHNS) – Splitting up the longstanding joint legislative committees that vet bills into separate House and Senate panels is one of the major reforms the House’s lead negotiator on a new rules ...

House and Senate candidates are stockpiling campaign cash for the costliest midterms on record by making good use of the multi-politician war chests known as joint fundraising committees. Since the ...

Thousands of bills have been filed, they've been sent to committees, and the next step is to let the public weigh in. But out of 33 committees, all 33 are delinquent on an initial step in setting up ...

In the money game for Congress, many candidates in highly contested races in New York are getting significant boosts from major fundraisers like House Speaker Mike Johnson and former House Speaker ...

The United States Senate has 24 committees and divides its work between them -- 20 of which are permanent committees, four are joint committees with the House, and occasionally, the Senate will create ...

Days after a meeting that prompted a conduct complaint against him, Rep. Jason Kropf, D-Bend, has resigned as co-chair of a committee.

A paralyzed FEC won’t block Republicans from using a new strategy that allows them to run TV ads for their candidates at a fraction of the cost. Senate Republicans are preparing to significantly ...

A Democratic state representative has resigned from the Oregon House Joint Committee on Conduct after an ethics complaint alleged he pressured a colleague to change her vote on a gun control bill.

Joint fundraising committees are the vogue way of raising big bucks these days. According to the latest Federal Election Commission filings, Republican Sen. Cory Gardner is involved in 12 of them.