GOP rift opens over Social Security bill push

The bill at the heart of the push, also dubbed the Social Security Fairness Act, seeks to do away with the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) ...

WASHINGTON - Two members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus blocked a bipartisan bill on Election night that would have repealed ...

While Americans have been paying into the system for years, the Social Security Administration is scheduled to run out of money as early as ...

In fact, the House just voted on a bill that would increase benefits to some individuals. - Alex Demas - Start a free trial today for full ...

Measure that would repeal so-called "government pensions offset" has been gaining support in House.

Former President Trump is already using the issue to attack potential Republican presidential rival Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) got unanimous consent to lay the Social Security bill on the table.

Donald Trump is driving a wedge through the GOP over one of American politics' thorniest issues: the future of Medicare and Social Security.

House Republicans' attempt to bring a border security bill to the floor as early as this week was thwarted after backlash from moderate ...

Viral posts falsely claim House Republicans introduced a bill that would reduce Social Security payments for people who receive pensions or ...

South Dakota Senator John Thune, a longtime deputy of Mitch McConnell and an advocate of free trade, won election to lead the Republican ...

Readers asked us to VERIFY claims that House Republicans introduced a bill to cut Social Security payments for people who get pensions or ...

Meat made in bioreactors holds promise in the fight against climate change. Farmer-friendly lawmakers are working to stop it.

John Thune triumphed in his campaign for GOP leader by laser-focusing on two things: Republican senators and mending his relationship with ...

Five decades ago, 144 House Republicans were less conservative than the most conservative Democrat, and 52 House Democrats were less liberal ...

Graphic shows US survey respondents confidence in scientists 2019–2024. Source: Pew Research Center. “There is no data to support the argument ...

House leaders are in a holding pattern while they try to get centrists united behind a $15 national minimum-wage bill.

House and Senate conservatives are pressing for any stopgap funding measure to prevent a government shutdown to run through the beginning of ...

Senate Republicans delivered a blow to Donald Trump. Senator John Thune looks up. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images.

Donald Trump's cabinet nominations have Washington buzzing -- especially his choice of bombastic former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney ...