Democrats are eyeing next year’s election as an opportunity to loosen or overturn the Republican Party’s three-decades-long grip on the Pennsylvania Senate.

RCP senior elections analyst Sean Trende and Tom Bevan discussed about the wider implications of North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis deciding not to run for another term, Monday night on the RealClearPolitics podcast.

After a marathon overnight session capping days of negotiations, Senate Republicans passed their sweeping tax and spending bill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in the House were busy Wednesday trying to win over some final holdouts on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package — determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate while essentially daring members to defy their party’s leader and vote against it.

Georgia GOP members are concerned about former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley's possible Senate bid threatening the narrow majority in the upper house.