U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and the tea party did their best to make 2013 a memorable one for the Republican Party.
The House speaker said conservative groups opposing deal are using Republicans, and the American people, for their personal goals.
Ten Republicans joined all Democratic senators in the vote. However, the bill faces a much sterner test in the GOP-controlled U.S. House.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed cloture by 61-30, one more vote than needed.
The GOP senator told the AP they have "a bipartisan deal in hand." In a late switch, the House will vote on it first.
The talks with House members continue, with the speaker adding a decision regarding how to move forward will occur Tuesday.
The New York congressman is concerned the Texas senator could lead the party again to an untenable situation, and he's being vocal about it.
Questions on whether or not a government shutdown was actually avoidable have arisen after a video went viral.
Republicans say they met Obama halfway, and that the short-term plan will give them time to have the conversation they want.
The speaker said all Republicans are demanding is a sit-down to work out differences with Democrats so that the government can reopen.
House Speaker John Boehner says a government shutdown won't happen. That's because Republicans are choosing to fight Obamacare another way.
Ten days before a potential U.S. government shutdown, the House voted for the 42nd time to defund or repeal Obamacare.
Democrats cited estimates that the bill would eliminate benefits to roughly 4 million people nationwide in 2014.
Days from a U.S. government shutdown, the language between the parties is getting even more hostile.
The plan will include defunding Obamacare, the Keystone pipeline and tax reform, setting up a confrontation.
The Democratic leader encourages lawmakers to cancel recess and add immigration to the issues to resolve now.
Top Republicans are talking about getting to work on immigration reform, but it's far from certain that this means it will actually happen.
As President Obama moves closer to Congressional approval for a military strike, Ban Ki-moon calls for Security Council-sanctioned action.
Both resolutions stipulate no use of U.S. ground troops, and have built-in time limits.
It's still unclear if the House Speaker can rally enough Republicans behind President Obama's Syria strike for it to pass the House.
The only thing House Republicans appear to know at this time is that leadership won't take up the Senate bill on immigration.
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte weighs in on whether children of undocumented immigrants should be legalized.