Maryland's General Assembly will hold a special session beginning December 16 to elect a new House Speaker. The session will also address potential veto overrides and other administrative functions.

They tried it once. It lasted a month. The new governing First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday in a one-paragraph, 29-word news release that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session — and facing an avalanche of pent-up ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters on Saturday that senators will remain in session until a deal is unlocked to reopen the government as the shutdown reached Day 39 with members ...

Nov. 8 (UPI) --The federal government will extend its record-long close to 40 days after the Senate adjourned with no vote held on a possible budget deal on Saturday. A small number of centrist ...

Senate Republicans will keep members in Washington through the weekend pending a possible deal with Democrats to end what’s become the longest government shutdown in history. Senate Majority Leader ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana General Assembly is not expected to be ready for a special session on Monday, the first day that lawmakers could gather for the session. In separate statements, Indiana ...

The Indiana General Assembly is still working out the schedule for the special session that Gov. Mike Braun called to begin on Nov. 3, but they know one thing: Lawmakers will not be convening at the ...

Kansas Senate Republicans have secured enough signatures to call for a special legislative session. The proposed session aims to redraw the state's congressional districts. The House has not yet ...

Indiana is the latest state to consider redrawing its House district boundaries, though it was not clear whether Republicans had enough votes in the legislature to pass a new map. By Julie Bosman Nick ...

State legislators appear to have dropped plans to redraw boundaries for Louisiana’s six congressional districts when they convene in a special session on Oct. 23. Instead, they likely will only move ...

FIVE THAT ADDRESS FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS. IT COMES AFTER SHE CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION, WHICH ADJOURNED IN JUST TWO DAYS. ALIYAH CHAVEZ HAS THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE ROUNDHOUSE. THE BACKDROP HERE, OF ...