But if you attended an elite Roman dinner party or snuck into a meeting of the Senate, you'd see grandees in ostentatious togas of differing colour and cut. Teenagers draped in bedsheets heading to ...

King become chairman of the Senate’s Finance Committee ... William Henry King could have managed not to look out of place wearing the proverbial toga of a Roman senator. The senator was always in ...

Last week Senators tugged valiantly at their togas and amended the rule book in the name of statesmanly decorum. Two new regulations strike deep at arcane devices dear to the Senate parliamentarians.

While the CR is bad, Schumer said from the Senate floor, a shutdown would be “much, much worse.” He pledged to keep fighting President Trump and Elon Musk, a fairly empty promise as ...

Senate Democrats say they will not vote for the House-passed six-month government funding package, which would boost defense spending and cut nondefense programs, unless they first get a vote on a ...

30 − taking the first step to avoid another government shutdown. Now, it’s up to the Senate to pass the bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk before the 11:59 p.m. deadline on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines — Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros yesterday urged Senate President Francis Escudero to call an all-senator caucus to discuss the impeachment trial of Vice ...

WASHINGTON — For the third time this week, Senate Democrats met for a lengthy lunch Thursday behind closed doors to chew over two political options that are hard for them to swallow: give ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate cannot hold a special session on its own to act on the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate majority — not just the Senate president — may proceed with sending a letter requesting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to order convening a special session ...

In the ancient Roman world, which I study ... Though believed by the Senate, this priest, Bataces, was mocked mercilessly in the plebian assembly. However, when the individual who had insulted ...