Three months after Sen. Cory Booker broke his chamber's record for the longest speech ever, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ...

He stepped down after 8 hours and 45 minutes of non-stop speechifying, breaking a record set by ex-Republican Rep. Kevin ...

The Democratic House leader made use of his "Magic Minute" to slow down the bill's rushed passage while Americans were asleep ...

Carolyn Cook was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 5, 1944, the middle child in a blue-collar, working-class family. She had hoped for ...

Hakeem Jeffries shatters House speech record previously held by Kevin McCarthy, calling Trump's legislation "one big, ugly ...

Carolyn McCarthy, a fierce proponent of gun control who represented parts of Long Island in Congress for nearly 20 years, has ...

The political world in New York is grieving following news of the death of former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a staunch advocate ...

The signature piece of Donald Trump’s legislative agenda cleared Congress on Thursday, as the House of Representatives gave ...

Former US Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass ...

Carolyn McCarthy, a former congresswoman from Long Island and fierce advocate for gun control, has died at age 81 after a ...

I always worried about who will speak for the victims,” said McCarthy, a former nurse, shortly before retiring from the House ...