Oz was also a practicing heart surgeon earlier in his career — job experience which Republicans praised as a qualification for the position.

U.S. Senate Republicans planned a first step on Thursday toward advancing President Donald Trump's sweeping tax cut agenda with a procedural vote that will test party unity in the face of concerns that it does not include sufficient spending cuts.

"At a time when Americans are tightening their belts, we would do well to avoid policies that heap on the pain."

Senate Republicans unveiled a budget resolution as the GOP seeks to move forward with the budget plan that will enable them to implement President Trump's agenda later this week.

The costs of the $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and how to pay for it are still up for debate. but Republican senators could take a step toward resolution.

Trump and Republican lawmakers want to make the tax cuts implemented during Trump's first term permanent, a massively expensive endeavor that would add an estimated $3.8 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years.

Senate Republicans unveiled a new budget plan Wednesday that they hope will serve as the foundation for the party’s massive energy, defense and immigration bill. The fiscal 2025

Senate Republicans unveiled their new budget blueprint Wednesday afternoon, paving the way for the Senate and House to finally inch closer to advancing President Donald Trump’s immigration and tax agenda.

An obscure but consequential bookkeeping matter has become the latest flashpoint in Congress as Republicans labor to enact President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax cut agenda. Senate Republicans are looking to change how extending many of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts would be scored when it comes to future federal deficits.

Democrats are calling the package a "scam." WASHINGTON - Republican senators met with President Donald Trump as they pushed ahead on his big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts. Lawmakers did not, however,

Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes this week, breaking the modern record for the longest Senate speech ever. Senate rules allow a member who is recognized by the presiding officer to speak for as long as they wish,

Cory Booker on Tuesday delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957. Booker began speaking on the Senate floor at 7 p.

Many Democrats, including in Mr. Booker’s home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina and moxie as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record.

Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening in a feat of endurance to show Democrats’ objections to President Trump’s sweeping actions.

The New Jersey Democrat spoke for 25 hours and five minutes without rest to protest the president’s actions in his second term.

The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.

Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, told NPR's Juana Summers he stopped eating and drinking before his record-breaking speech.

Democratic Senator Cory Booker spoke nonstop for more than 25 hours. His speech broke the record from 1957 when Strom Thurmond held the Senate floor.