Carpe diem. If you’ve wondered why all of Washington buzzed so much this week about "pro forma" sessions in the House and Senate, here’s your chance to find out why. Come on now. Tempus fugit. There’s ...

A deal to end the government shutdown has been reached, but is the DHS shutdown over? Not quite. In a rare pro forma Senate session today, April 2, Senate Majority Leader John Thune sent the DHS ...

A brief pro forma Senate session Monday ended without any attempt to advance a House-passed Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which Democrats had pledged to oppose. Republican leaders said ...

So Congress is now deep into week two of a 16-17 day recess for Easter and Passover. The Department of Homeland Security shutdown is approaching two months. There’s no obvious path to end the impasse.

WASHINGTON — Utah Sen. Mike Lee is demanding congressional leaders bring lawmakers back early from an ongoing two-week recess, calling it "inhumane" to have lawmakers out of town as the partial ...