Dick Durbin: “We don’t need a study. We need action. We need to stop this.”

Nominations hearings, like this one today, are an essential part of the Senate’s role in providing advice and consent on presidential nominees. This constitutional duty is a critical check on the Executive Branch. And it has never been…

A farmer in Nebraska expects to pay for his wife and himself $32,000 this year for health insurance premiums.

The 129 responses we received made it clear that this legislation will mean shuttering of services, layoffs, and even hospital closures—meaning patients will needlessly suffer.

Five years at $200 million amounts to $1 billion… it represents 48 hours in the war in Iran.