For Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the overnight session on Thursday is about proving Democrats have a path — and the guts — to get out of the political wilderness. Why it matters: Schumer sees the budget "vote-a-rama" as his shot to convince voters that President Trump's GOP serves billionaires,

Before adopting Republicans’ budget resolution, senators engaged in an all-night parliamentary marathon that Democrats used to try to force the G.O.P. into politically damaging votes.

The move came even though the president has endorsed the House GOP's one-bill approach while Senate Republicans want to separate his priorities into two bills.

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will not run for reelection in 2026, he announced in a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday morning.

Kentucky law would dictate how to fill Sen. Mitch McConnell's seat if he does not finish his term, which ends at the start of 2027.

McConnell, who is celebrating his 83rd birthday on Thursday, is the longest-serving Senate party leader in history.

U.S. Senate Republicans will push ahead on Thursday with a measure to kickstart President Donald Trump's agenda on immigration, energy and defense, Majority Leader John Thune said on Wednesday, after Trump called on them to drop the plan in favor of a sweeping resolution prepared by House Republicans.

Now the onus is on House Republicans to build enough support to advance their own party-line plan, or face pressure to back the Senate’s slimmer vision.