House and Senate conference committees began meeting this week to consider appropriations and language in various omnibus finance bills. The process includes negotiating a compromise and then sending ...

According to a new report from Yahoo, there may be a new working group put together to discuss the future of the College ...

Constitutionally, legislation must pass the House and Senate with identical language. Reconciling differences, no matter how minor, in bills from the two bodies must be made. Even though bicameral ...

Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that he has been appointed to this year’s Conference Committee for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations ...

Welcome to Understanding Congress, a podcast about the first branch of government. Congress is a notoriously complex institution, and few Americans think well of it, but Congress is essential to our ...

The linchpin to avoiding another government shutdown in mid-February is a House-Senate conference committee on border security which publicly convenes Wednesday afternoon. Either the sides work out a ...

The Alaska Senate has voted unanimously to join a conference committee intended to create a compromise state budget for the coming fiscal year. The Senate and House have each passed different versions ...

CONCORD – With Thursday the deadline to form committees of conference, the New Hampshire Senate agreed to a number of House requests including those related to creating a committee for cannabis sales, ...

HELENA, Mont. — The controversial bill intended to prohibit minors from attending drag shows is headed to a conference committee. In a 66-33 vote on Monday after the chamber was cleared of protestors, ...

When the 12-team College Football Playoff was announced, it came with a couple of key goals. Among them was to reframe the focus on conference championships and truly reward teams that reach the ...

The newly-created Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation reflects the U.S. bishops conference’s “commitment to addressing the sin of racism.” ...

WASHINGTON — One of the first issues to confront the first Congress in 1789 was how members ought to address the new president, George Washington. The more regal Senate wanted to give him a title, ...